North Carolina is No. 1 in Top 25 preseason poll
Posted Oct 20, 2011
North Carolina is the No. 1 team in the USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 preseason basketball coaches poll -- and it's not even close. The Tar Heels collected 30 of 31 first-place votes. UNC returns all five starters from last season, including three All-American candidates: sophomore forward Harrison Barnes, senior forward Tyler Zeller and junior forward John Henson.
(USA Today)
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