Taking a Look at the North Carolina Tar Heels: The Last Place Team in the ACC

Though it's early in the conference schedule for most teams, some really big names are turning up at the bottom of their conferences.  Which of these teams do you think is at the bottom?

Wichita State?  Seton Hall?  North Carolina?  Indiana?

The correct answer: all of them.

After months of hearing about UNC's possible undefeated season, they are falling far below expectations, opening 0-2 in the ACC.

After days of hearing about how the Boston College game would serve as a wake-up call for the suddenly sleeping giant, they fell again to Wake Forest.

Wake Forest is no easy pass—far from it.  However, all the sportswriters must be trying to catch their breath after an opening that leaves them behind every team in the ACC in the conference standings (and in a tie with Georgia Tech).

You would think with the best player in College Basketball, and the most talent in the NCAA, the Tar Heels would tear through their schedule.  The predictions of the possibility of an undefeated season were understandable, but probably not wise.

The voters at ESPN that left the Tar Heels at number one in their weekly power poll after the Boston College loss will probably keep them at number one after this loss.  Some people are just stubborn, and the talented Tar Heels are still an easy pick to win it all, but not as easy as they were two weeks ago.

Are the Tar Heels in trouble?  No.  At least not yet—they still have a great PG, and it takes an opponent's best shot to knock them off.  Losing to Boston College is hard to explain, but Wake Forest is capable of beating anyone right now.  Anyone that thinks differently will probably see their team on the losing end of a 30 point game.

However, it's nice to see the drama back in the NCAA title picture, as the unbeatable monster is suddenly no lock.