Losses to Georgia Tech and Notre Dame (its only regular-season meetings) prevent North Carolina from placing even higher, but ...
No. 23 West Virginia faces Kansas State in Big 12 play Saturday. The teams play Saturday for the first time this season.
No. 16 West Virginia takes on the Arizona Wildcats after JJ Quinerly scored 29 points in the Mountaineers' 89-59 win against the Arizona State Sun Devils.