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The North Carolina Tar Heels went 1-1 last week, losing at Miami before beating Pitt at home. The loss was a tough one, being on the road and against an underrated Hurricanes team. But the bounce-back win over the Panthers was impressive as they were without Caleb Wilson and Henri Veesaar.
Now, UNC enters another important week.
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They are set to face off against NC State on the road Tuesday and then head to Syracuse for a Saturday afternoon game. When they do begin this week of play, they will do so as the No. 20 team in the country per the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.
UNC fell seven spots after that loss at Miami a week ago, one of their biggest drops of the season. Below is the full poll released on Monday:
Rank
Team
Record
PTS
1st
Prev
Chg
Hi/Lo
1
Michigan
24-1
775
31
2
1
1/7
2
Houston
23-2
719
0
3
1
2/8
3
Duke
23-2
695
0
6
3
3/6
4
Arizona
23-2
670
0
1
3
1/13
5
UConn
24-2
663
0
5
–
3/7
6
Iowa State
22-3
624
0
4
2
2/18
7
Purdue
21-4
542
0
12
5
1/12
8
Gonzaga
25-2
500
0
11
3
5/20
9
Nebraska
22-3
497
0
8
1
5/NR
10
Illinois
21-5
491
0
7
3
6/19
11
Florida
19-6
471
0
14
3
3/NR
12
Kansas
19-6
445
0
9
3
9/NR
13
Texas Tech
19-6
423
0
16
3
11/20
14
Virginia
22-3
388
0
15
1
14/NR
15
Michigan State
20-5
349
0
10
5
8/21
16
St. John’s
20-5
315
0
17
1
6/NR
17
Arkansas
19-6
247
0
21
4
14/23
18
Vanderbilt
21-4
244
0
20
2
8/NR
19
Saint Louis
24-1
233
0
19
–
19/NR
20
North Carolina
20-5
200
0
13
7
12/25
21
Louisville
19-6
159
0
23
2
5/23
22
BYU
19-6
114
0
22
–
7/22
23
Miami (OH)
25-0
90
0
24
1
23/NR
24
Clemson
20-6
68
0
18
6
18/NR
25
Wisconsin
18-7
36
0
NR
–
21/NR
Schools Dropped Out
No. 25 Iowa;
Others Receiving Votes
Alabama 32; Villanova 30; Utah State 20; Tennessee 19; Iowa 7; Kentucky 6; Saint Mary’s 2; Miami (FL) 1;
This article originally appeared on Tar Heels Wire: UNC Basketball: Tar Heels fall in USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll
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