University of North Carolina Athletics
Tar Heels Open Season At No. 2 In Coaches' Poll
October 27, 2006 | Men's Basketball
Oct. 27, 2006
CHAPEL HILL -- The University of North Carolina men's basketball team was ranked No. 2 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, released on Friday.
Defending NCAA champion Florida received all 30 first-place votes and takes the top spot in the poll with 772 total points. Carolina was second with 728 points, followed by No. 3 Kansas (714), No. 4 Ohio State (595) and No. 5 Pittsburgh (583) and UCLA (583).
The rest of the top 10 includes No. 7 LSU, No. 8 Georgetown, No. 9 Wisconsin and No. 10 Arizona. Other Atlantic Coast Conference teams ranked include No. 11 Duke, No. 15 Boston College and No. 21 Georgia Tech.
To view the entire poll, please click here.
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