CHAPEL HILL
North Carolina will start the season ranked No. 1 and, if you're like me, you might have wondered what kind of history comes with that distinction.
You know, things like: How many times has the preseason No. 1 team gone on to win the national championship (that'd be six times, it turns out, since the NCAA tournament expanded in 1985) and how many times a preseason No. 1 team failed to advance to the Sweet 16. That sort of thing.
Unlike you, though, they actually pay me to sit here and dig up such important facts.