AP Polls Week 17: North Carolina Lands at #7

 


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By JEREMIAH ARTACHO
 
Chapel Hill, N.C. --- North Carolina will be playing their senior night tomorrow against Notre Dame and the final regular season game at Cameron Indoor Stadium as the #7 team in the country. Following wins against Miami and NC State at the Dean Smith Center, the Tar Heels worked their way up the ladder. 
 
AP Poll Rankings Week 17, according to ESPN
 
1. Houston 
2. UConn
3. Purdue 
4. Tennesse
5. Arizona
6. Iowa State 
7. North Carolina
8. Marquette 
9. Duke  
10. Creighton
11. Baylor
12. Illinois
13. Auburn  
14. Kansas
15. Kentucky
16. Alabama
17. South Carolina   
18. Washington State 
19. Gonzaga
20. BYU 
21. San Diego State 
22. Utah State 
23. Saint Mary's
24. South Florida 
25. Dayton
 
With the ACC Tournament beginning next week on March 12th, Coach Davis and his squad look to secure these final two contests before going into postseason mode. UNC has won five of their last six, the loss coming off a very uncharacteristic shooting performance that had Syracuse performing like the Golden State Warriors. Besides that fall, North Carolina has had a lot of gutted-out wins, including against Miami, Virginia, and NC State. 
 
Notre Dame (12-17, 7-11 conference) stands at the bottom half of the standings, right behind Virginia Tech and in front of Boston College. The Fighting Irish are on a two-game win streak after coming out on top against Wake Forest and Clemson at the Purcell Pavilion. 
 
The Duke Blue Devils (23-6, 14-4 conference) sit in second place, trailing North Carolina. The John Scheyer-led squad has picked up wins against Louisville and Virginia at home in their last couple of contests, riding four out of five wins. 
 
All of the pieces needed to accomplish the dreams and aspirations of getting to Phoenix in April lay inside UNC's locker room. However, it's all about execution moving forward for Coach Davis' team to reach their potential and complete what was almost destiny two seasons ago. 

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