North Carolina one of two No. 1 seeds to slip in AP Top 25 poll Posted Mar 18, 2024 North Carolina fell one spot to No. 5 in the AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll as the Tar Heels enter the NCAA tournament as the No. 1 seed in the West Regional. No. 1 South seed Houston lost to Iowa State and was supplanted from the top ranking by UConn. No. 1 Midwest seed Purdue lost in overtime to Wisconsin in the Big Ten semifinals but remained No. 3. (Tar Heel Tribune)