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Caleb Love drives by RJ Davis in the Late Night scrimmage on Oct. 15.
Men's Basketball No. 19 In Preseason AP Poll
October 18, 2021 | Men's Basketball
CHAPEL HILL—The University of North Carolina is No. 19 in the 2021-22 preseason Associated Press men's basketball poll, released on Monday afternoon. Carolina has been ranked for at least one week in the AP poll in every season since the start of 1966-67.
This is the 929th AP poll that includes UNC, more than any other school in the history of the poll.
It is the 65th season in the 74-year history of the AP poll the Tar Heels have been ranked at least once.
Last season, Carolina was 16 in the preseason poll and was ranked for four additional weeks before dropping out of the poll.
The Tar Heels are scheduled to play eight games this season against teams ranked in the preseason top 25 and at least five against top-10 opponents.
UNC will play No. 2 UCLA in Las Vegas, No. 6 Michigan at home in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, No. 7 Purdue in Uncasville, Conn., in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff, No. 9 Duke home and away, No. 20 Florida State and No. 25 Virginia in Chapel Hill and either No. 4 Villanova or No. 18 Tennessee on the second day of the Hall of Fame Tipoff.
This is the 929th AP poll that includes UNC, more than any other school in the history of the poll.
It is the 65th season in the 74-year history of the AP poll the Tar Heels have been ranked at least once.
Last season, Carolina was 16 in the preseason poll and was ranked for four additional weeks before dropping out of the poll.
The Tar Heels are scheduled to play eight games this season against teams ranked in the preseason top 25 and at least five against top-10 opponents.
UNC will play No. 2 UCLA in Las Vegas, No. 6 Michigan at home in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, No. 7 Purdue in Uncasville, Conn., in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff, No. 9 Duke home and away, No. 20 Florida State and No. 25 Virginia in Chapel Hill and either No. 4 Villanova or No. 18 Tennessee on the second day of the Hall of Fame Tipoff.
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