After the Virginia Cavaliers men’s basketball team advanced to 5-0 on the season against Maryland Eastern Shore on Friday, the ‘Hoos have jumped another two spots in the AP Poll this week following a pair of losses from the former #1 North Carolina Tar Heels the former #3 Kansas Jayhawks.
After losing to unranked Iowa State 70-65 on Friday, UNC followed that defeat up with one in four overtimes against now #11 Alabama. Even before the back to back losses, the Tar Heels had looked like a shell of the national runner-up squad from last March.