Upset Loss to Georgia Tech Drops UNC to No. 14 in AP Top 25

Posted Jan 2, 2017
During Roy Williams’ 14 years as UNC head men’s basketball coach, his Tar Heels have never lost to a team ranked lower in analyst Ken Pomeroy’s rankings than the Georgia Tech team that stunned UNC Saturday in Atlanta. With their shocking upset now in the books, UNC fell out of the AP Top 10 for the first time all year–sliding down to No. 14. (Chapelboro.com)

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