CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina sits atop the Atlantic Coast Conference standings, right where the Tar Heels were expected to be when they were the preseason No. 1 pick. Now, thought, they’ve got plenty of company in the ACC.
The league is set for quite a finishing leg to the regular season.
With less than two weeks left, seven teams have at least nine ACC wins. And they’re dotting one another’s closing schedules in what amounts to a playoff before the ACC Tournament begins in Washington, D.C.
“It definitely feels different for me,” UNC coach Roy Williams said Tuesday.