UNC Begins Season #1 In Coaches' Poll
FanHouse —
Filed under: UNC Basketball, Duke Basketball, Maryland Basketball, NC State Basketball, ACC Basketball, Clemson Basketball, Charlotte, CarolinaNorth Carolina will begin the 2007-2008 season as the #1 team in the seasons' first ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll. The Tar Heels eeked by #2 UCLA by just five votes ... and actually earned less first place votes [10 to 12] than the Bruins. Memphis, Kansas and Georgetown, who beat UNC in the Elite 8 last year, round out the top five. Duke re-enters the poll at #11 after going unranked at the end of last season. NC State comes in at ...
The New Mr. Irrelevant
It Never Rains in College Park —
Today, I'm proud to announce that the men's basketball team has the unwavering support of Mr. Irrelevant.I'm not talking about the last person to be picked in the NFL Draft, or the NBA Draft. No, I'm talking about a guy way more special than that.Recently, the first coaches' poll came out ranking the D-I men's basketball teams. Ok, UNC is No. 1, Duke is No. 11, NC State is No. 24 (Why?) ... wait, where's Maryland?Well ... all you have to do is to look at the bottom of the page, WAY down in the "Others Receiving Votes" section... at the very end. The last team. With one vote.THANK YOU FOR YOUR ...
Tally the Votes
George Mason Basketball —
It's that time again, the first polls are being released. The AP Top 25 has not been released yet, but the ESPN/USA Today poll was and VCU received 5 votes, ODU 3, and our beloved Patriots received 2. I'd like to point out that that's one more vote than Maryland got, ha! This is great news for our conference showing that we already have some respect ...
