UNC Basketball: Two Tar Heel teams feature on The Athletic’s list of best of 2000s

Posted Jul 20, 2025
The Athletic's ranking of the top 25 college basketball teams of the 2000s so far - the 2008-09 national title Tar Heels’ team was the highest UNC representative, coming in at #5. Meanwhile, the title-winning 2004-05 team were #15. The third in the trio of Roy Williams’ championships in 2016-17 made the honorable mentions, as did 2007-08. (Tar Heel Blog)

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