Canes ranked #38 in both polls

[Notsince1985]

Down in the "others receiving votes"

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=3

 

[pcitycane]

charlotte is on the cusp of a must win in my eyes.

 

[Notsince1985]

Like I said in the other thread, every game except a possible matchup with Arizona is a must win. Lose to Arizona and it won't really hurt us. I don't think Charlotte is as good as their record, and we get them at home. We handled them in Charlotte last year, and I expect a 10-15 point win this year. Hawaii is not very good, decent, but nothing special, but playing them on their homecourt, after traveling half of the way around the world, not to mention being in Hawaii, period, is going to be tough. Also, UCF on the road will be tough. They're not great, but they are decent, and they'll be sky high to beat one of the "Big 3." Lastly, LaSalle should be a win, probably a double digit (10-12 points) win, but they are a good team.

I'm counting on one loss somewhere in the rest of the OOC schedule, probably Arizona. If we do that we should be fine as long as we don't cr@p the bed in the ACC.

 

[Notsince1985]

Canes "move up" to #37 in AP Poll

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/polls?poll=1

 

[deleted3746]

charlotte is on the cusp of a must win in my eyes.

I think it is. That game will tell us if this squad really has taken that next step.Consistency is what I want to see.