Tar Heels Start No. 9 In Associated Press Poll

CHAPEL HILL—The University of North Carolina men's basketball team will begin the season ranked No. 9 in the country in the preseason Associated Press poll, the 101st consecutive week the poll has included the Tar Heels.

This is the 14th straight season UNC is ranked in the AP Top 25 in the preseason. Last season, the Tar Heels opened the year ranked No. 8 and ended at No. 3.

UNC has finished the season in the top 10 in each of the last four seasons (3 in 2015-16, 5 in 2016-17, 10 in 2017-18 and 3 in 2018-19).

This is Carolina's 917th time in the AP poll, the most rankings of any school in the country. It's the 57th time in 72 seasons the AP has ranked the Tar Heels in the top 10 at some point in the season.

The Tar Heels are slated to play five other teams that are ranked and could play two others in the Bahamas.

No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Louisville, No. 8 Gonzaga, No. 11 Virginia and No. 18 Ohio State are all on the UNC schedule; No. 12 Seton Hall and No. 15 Oregon are possible opponents in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

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