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The UNC Tar Heels are ranked in the AP poll and are a Top 3 team in the NET rankings. Just how good can they be? They take on a Syracuse Orange team that is also hoping to make noise in the ACC after an impressive win over Ohio State.
On Wednesday, the Syracuse Orange defeated the No. 18 Ohio State Buckeyes, the Princeton Tigers defeated the No. 22 FGCU Eagles and the UC Davis Aggies defeated the No. 18 Oregon Ducks.
Fingerlakes1.com Menu Kyle Evans covers local high school, college, and professional sports on FingerLakes1.com. Click here to contribute to our Sports Page or connect with Kyle using kyle@fingerlakes1.com. Syracuse’s Kamilla Cardoso is the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Freshman of the Week. Cardoso, a 6-foot-7 center from Montes Claros, Brazil, averaged a double double over the course of a three-game week for the Orange (7-3, 4-3 ACC). Cardoso averaged 11.7 points, 11.0 rebounds and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 50 percent from the field (16-for-32). This marks the second-consecuti...
Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images The Louisville Cardinals (12-0, 5-0 ACC) are ranked No. 1 in the country for the first time in program history. As you can see from this tweet, they were really anxious for the rankings to come out: But Louisville has actually only faced one ranked opponent this season: the No. 18 DePaul Blue Demons on Dec. 4. The Cardinals won that game in convincing fashion, 116-75, but have yet to face a ranked ACC team. They will get the chance to do that on Thursday night at 9 p.m. ET when they take on the No. 23 Syracuse Orange (7-1, 4-1 ACC).