North Carolina basketball report (5)

This week’s schedule
Monday: Davidson 89, Western Carolina 65 | boxscore
Tuesday: N.C. State 87, N.C. Central 59 | boxscore
Thursday: Davidson 75, UNC Greensboro 54 | boxscore
Saturday: Appalachian State 77, Elon 63 | boxscore

Joe Lunardi’s Bracketology: Bracket | Video

Rankings (results through Sunday’s games)
RPI rankings, team (overall record, record vs. North Carolina teams)

Duke lost at Wake Forest but kept the top stop, and 14 of the 19 North Carolina schools rank in the bottom half of the RPI.

1. Duke (19-2, 3-1)
Last week: 1
Bracketology: No. 1 seed in the Midwest, vs. MEAC champion
beat UNC Asheville, Davidson, N.C. State
lost to Wake Forest

4. North Carolina (18-2, 2-1)
Last week: 7
Bracketology: No. 1 seed in the West, vs. Patriot League champion
beat UNC Asheville, N.C. State
lost to Wake Forest

Tyler Hansbrough: 22.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, .547 2-point percentage and .843 free throw percentage

Ty Lawson: seventh in assists (6.5).

14. Wake Forest (17-2, 6-0)
Last week: 12
Bracketology: No. 2 seed in the South, vs. Big South champion
beat N.C. Central, UNC Wilmington, Winston-Salem State,
East Carolina, North Carolina, Duke

30. Davidson (17-3, 3-1)
Last week: 37
Bracketology: No. 9 seed in the East, vs. Ohio State
beat N.C. State, Appalachian State, Elon
lost to Duke

Stephen Curry: 29.0 points, 6.4 assists, 2.90 steals, .542 2-point percentage, .379 3-point percentage and .868 free throw percentage

Curry: first in scoring, 10th in assists, seventh in steals.

102. N.C. State (11-8, 4-3)
Last week: 110
beat High Point, UNC Greensboro, Winston-Salem State, East Carolina
lost to Davidson, Duke, North Carolina

189. Gardner-Webb (7-11, 2-1)
Last week: 180
beat Western Carolina, High Point
lost UNC Asheville

192. East Carolina (7-10, 3-2)
Last week: 166
beat Campbell, UNC Wilmington, UNC Greensboro
lost to N.C. State, Wake Forest

Brock Young: first in assists (8.0).

193. UNC Charlotte (7-13, 1-1)
Last week: 193
beat UNC Greensboro
lost to Appalachian State

226. UNC Asheville (6-13, 3-3)
Last week: 203
beat Western Carolina, Gardner-Webb, High Point
lost to Campbell, North Carolina, Duke

229. Western Carolina (9-9, 2-3)
Last week: 234
beat UNC Greensboro, Elon
lost to Gardner-Webb, UNC Asheville, Appalachian State

252. Elon (4-13, 0-4)
Last week: 281
lost to Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Davidson,
UNC Greensboro

268. Appalachian State (7-11, 4-3)
Last week: 255
beat UNC Charlotte, Campbell, Elon, Western Carolina
lost UNC Wilmington, UNC Greensboro, Davidson

276. UNC Wilmington (5-18, 2-2)
Last week: 270
beat Appalachian State, N.C. Central
lost to Wake Forest, East Carolina

295. Campbell (7-12, 1-2)
Last week: 305
beat UNC Asheville
lost to East Carolina, Appalachian State

309. N.C. A&T (5-13, 1-0)
Last week: 280
beat Winston-Salem State

320. Winston-Salem State (3-14, 1-3)
Last week: 330
beat N.C. Central
lost to Wake Forest, N.C. State, N.C. A&T

328. UNC Greensboro (2-17, 2-4)
Last week: 322
beat Appalachian State, Elon
lost to UNC Charlotte, N.C. State, East Carolina, Western Carolina

332. High Point (2-16, 1-3)
Last week: 333
beat N.C. Central
lost to N.C. State, Gardner-Webb, UNC Asheville

340. N.C. Central (1-21, 0-4)
Last week: 338
lost to Wake Forest, UNC Wilmington, High Point,
Winston-Salem State

Only Southern, Alcorn State and NJIT are worse.