Friday Look Ahead: Weekend filled with debuts, returns

Posted Dec 17, 2010
Texas and North Carolina were each ranked in the top 10 when they met last season in what I later called a pre-collapse game for Rick Barnes and Roy Williams. Now neither is in the top 10 (or top 20, even). Texas is ranked 23rd. North Carolina is unranked. And yet it's possible, if not likely, that both teams are better now than they were when they met last season. (CBS Sports)

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