UNC Women's Basketball jumps to highest AP ranking in 7 years

Posted Feb 21, 2022
As UNC Women's Basketball continues its breakthrough season in Coach Courtney Banghart’s third year, the comparisons to the Tar Heels' Sweet-16 team from seven years ago keep piling up. The Tar Heels jumped six spots to No. 18 on Monday in the AP Top 25 poll. It’s Carolina's highest rank since that 2014-15 team finished No. 15 in the final poll. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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