Pre-Pre-Preseason ACC Basketball Power Rankings, June 21

Posted Jun 21, 2012
4. North Carolina: Outside of reigning national champ Kentucky, no team in the country lost more talent this offseason than UNC. There is simply too big a void of firepower to remain among the nation’s elite clubs. It’s going to take a breakout year from James Michael McAdoo just to keep the Tar Heels among the ACC’s upper echelon (ACC Sports Journal)

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