College Basketball Power 10: Florida State Best Team In ACC?

6. North Carolina Tar Heels (18-3)

North Carolina is now on a six-game winning streak since their surprising loss to Georgia Tech to start ACC play. The Tar Heels had another scare on the road last week at Boston College, but they survived and are still tied atop the ACC standings.

Their frontcourt of Justin Jackson, Isaiah Hicks and Kennedy Meeks combined for 56 of their 90 points, but it highlights the way Jackson has played recently.

Jackson now has five straight games of at least 19 points. In fact, in conference play, Jackson is averaging 19.6 points per game, which is 1.4 more points per game than his season average.

Joel Berry II isn’t putting up godly numbers every game now, therefore the Tar Heels have had to look to their frontcourt to pick up the slack. It has worked well, too, as North Carolina leads the ACC in scoring, rebounding and assists.

That being said, the Tar Heels have to tighten up their defense. They’ve allowed four of seven ACC opponents to score 80+ points against them this season, and that doesn’t include their loss to Georgia Tech.

North Carolina hosts Virginia Tech in a potential upset game and then travels to Miami later in the week.