North Carolina leads four teams from the 2007 Elite Eight in the preseason ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll, released Friday morning.
The No. 1 Tar Heels edged UCLA and Memphis for the top spot, despite the fact that the Bruins had two more first-place votes (12) than the Tar Heels (10). North Carolina had 739 points in the poll, followed by No. 2 UCLA with 734 and No. 3 Memphis with 731 points and 8 first-place votes.
Fellow Elite Eight participants Kansas and Georgetown complete the top five.
Louisville, Tennessee, Michigan State, Indiana and Washington State rounded out the top 10.
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