A look inside the numbers behind UNC Basketball's struggles, now out of AP Top 25

Posted Nov 22, 2021
North Carolina has dropped out of the latest AP Top 25 basketball poll. The Tar Heels, who lost 93-84 to then-No. 6 Purdue (now No. 3) on Saturday and 89-72 to then-No. 17 Tennessee (now No. 15) on Sunday at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament in Uncasville, Conn., were No. 18 last week but only had the 29th-most points in this week’s poll. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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