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College basketball rankings: Miami moves up in Top 25 And 1 after handing North Carolina a costly loss – CBS Sports
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When CBS Sports Bracketology Expert Jerry Palm updated his projections Monday morning, he had North Carolina as a No. 11 seed playing in the First Four. That’s shaky ground. On Monday night, the Tar Heels lost 80-72 at home to Miami and thus increased the likelihood that they’ll miss the 2023 NCAA Tournament despite being ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll.
UNC just can’t get right.
The Tar Heels have lost four of their past five games and dropped to 16-10 overall, 8-7 in the ACC. They’re also 0-9 in Quadrant 1 opportunities. Somehow, on Valentine’s Day, UNC has fewer Quad 1 wins than schools like Eastern Illinois, Central Michigan, Dartmouth and Louisiana-Monroe, each of which is ranked outside of the top 265 of the NET.
What in the world?
Meantime, it’s all good in Miami. The Hurricanes now have a five-game winning streak featuring victories over Duke, UNC and Clemson. They’re 21-5 overall and 12-4 in the ACC — just one game back of first-place Virginia and first-place Pitt in the loss column of the ACC standings.
Miami’s victory at North Carolina improved the Hurricanes to 5-4 in Quad 1 and 9-4 in the first two quadrants with one additional loss (at Georgia Tech) falling in Quad 3. Based on the strength of that resume, and the five-game winning streak, I’ve jumped Miami to No. 14 in Tuesday morning’s updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings. That development caused Iowa State, Tennessee, Saint Mary’s, San Diego State and FAU to all be pushed down one spot each, no fault of their own.
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