How UNC men's basketball's previous preseason No. 1 teams stack up to one another

Posted Nov 9, 2022
On Oct. 17, AP News released the preseason top 25 rankings for men's college basketball. North Carolina, the 2022 national runner-up, tops the list as preseason No. 1 for the tenth time in school history, the most of any program. Here is a look back at the previous Tar Heel teams that came into the season on top and where they ended up by the spring. (Daily Tar Heel)

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