UNC Tied for #1 in Preseason Basketball Coaches Poll

Posted Oct 15, 2015
UNC shares the top spot in the 2015-16 USA Today Coaches’ Poll, the fourth time in the last nine years the Tar Heels will start the season ranked No. 1 in the nation by the coaches. Kentucky is also tied for No. 1. The Tar Heels received 12 of the 32 first-place votes, one more than the Wildcats. Three other schools received first-place votes – including No. 3 Maryland (five), No. 4 Duke (three) and No. 5 Kansas (one). (GoHeels.com)

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