Top-ranked Kentucky too much for Tar Heels

Posted Dec 13, 2014
Kentucky is the No. 1 team in nation. But the Wildcats might hold the top spot in another category in all of college basketball. Before No. 21 North Carolina’s 84-70 loss Saturday at Rupp Arena, someone told UNC coach Roy Williams that Kentucky had the second-tallest team in the entire country — only behind the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers. (Daily Tar Heel)

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