I say 2 more.

It depends when they lose them?

Mulva;1003243 wrote:It depends when they lose them?

And who they lose to. UNLV on the road wasnt going to drop them from #1 to #11. losing by 1 @UK does more to prove they are top 5 than not, imo.

Seriously, we're discussing dropping UNC because they lost on the road to the no. 1 team by a point? If this were OSU, you'd be saying they belonged no lower than 2nd.

Writerbuckeye;1004727 wrote:Seriously, we're discussing dropping UNC because they lost on the road to the no. 1 team by a point? If this were OSU, you'd be saying they belonged no lower than 2nd.

They have 2 losses this early in the season. They are only a top 10 team because of their name. It's a joke, they shouldn't even be ranked.

You gotta love the hypocrisy of certain OSU fans. As Doug's future brother-in-law Alan would say, classic!

I hate North Carolina more than anything on this earth (tied with said OSU fans), and even I can admit that UNC is a top ten team at the very least right now.

There talent level says that they are a top 5 team but so far their play has not. UNLV is not a real good team. (lost to Wichita State 89-70) other than NC has no good wins......But I think that NC is a top 5 team and will prove that by season end. If it was anyone but NC or Duke those 2 losses would have them out of the top 10 this early in the season. (never was a huge Roy Williams fan)
I guess that I didn't answer the question yet, 1 more loss before ACC competition and voters will be forced to put them out of the top 10.

0311sdp;1005159 wrote:There talent level says that they are a top 5 team but so far their play has not. UNLV is not a real good team. (lost to Wichita State 89-70) other than NC has no good wins......But I think that NC is a top 5 team and will prove that by season end. If it was anyone but NC or Duke those 2 losses would have them out of the top 10 this early in the season. (never was a huge Roy Williams fan)
I guess that I didn't answer the question yet, 1 more loss before ACC competition and voters will be forced to put them out of the top 10.

A. UNLV is a good team
B. Wichita State is a good team

I'm not saying UNC isn't a top ten team, but with 2 losses this early in the season you should not be top ten. They are getting the recognition based on their name and that is the problem.

I was about to say well Florida has 2 losses to the #2 and #3 teams on the road but they're 12... then I compared the rest of their schedules. If Florida is 12 with wins over no-ones. Nothing wrong with UNC being in the top 10 still.

Also, I agree that a 3rd loss OOC this early is what it would take. UNC does have a couple of quality wins, and the loss to Kentucky wasn't a bad one and neither was UNLV. It was a bad game, but not a bad loss as UNLV isn't a nobody.

sleeper;1005573 wrote:I'm not saying UNC isn't a top ten team, but with 2 losses this early in the season you should not be top ten. They are getting the recognition based on their name and that is the problem.

No they aren't. They do have a win over Wisconsin (top 10 at the time and top 15 now) and MSU (tourny team?). That's more than a lot of teams can say at the moment. Look at Florida, #12 with 2 losses and wins over absolutely no one.

Early season College Basketball polls are so worthless because the majority of teams are playing shitty teams.