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Where Are Duke, North Carolina The Tobacco Road Rivals Ranked Week 2 Of The Men's College Basketball Regular Season In The AP Top 25 Poll?

Where are Duke, North Carolina the tobacco road rivals ranked in week 2 of the Men’s College Basketball regular season in the AP Top 25 poll?

Duke is ranked number 7!Duke is 3-0 on the season!Duke opened the seasonon November 9, 2021 with a 79-71 win over Kentucky who at the time was ranked 10th at Madison Square Garden on November 9, 2021.In their 79-71 win over Kentucky Freshman Trevor Keels scored 25 points and classmate Paolo Banchero scored 22 points.Then Duke beat Army West Point on Friday November 12, 2021 in Durham 82-56 to begin the Duke Veterans Day Showcase presented by Ameritas.In Duke’s 82-56 win over Army West Point Wendell Moore Jr., had a triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to help ninth-ranked Duke beat Army 82-56 in Friday night's home opener, backed by the return of the Cameron Crazies for the first time in a regular-season game in more than 20 months.Freshman Paolo Banchero added 18 pointsThen they topped Campbell on Saturday November 13, 2021!Freshman Paolo Banchero led Duke (3-0) with 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting to go with seven rebounds, a steal and a block.Ricky Clemons and Cedric Henderson Jr. each scored 18 points apiece for the Camels. Henderson also had 11 boards, helping Campbell outrebound Duke 34-31.Campbell (2-1) built a 10-point lead in the first half while Duke's Wendell Moore Jr. was being checked out for a potential knee injury.When Moore reentered the game at the 13:02 mark, Duke embarked on a 25-11 run to close out the first half, heading into intermission with a four-point advantage. During that stretch, Moore had eight points on 3-of-6 shooting, two steals and a rebound.Moore finished the game with 15 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals — one night after getting Duke's fifth triple-double in program history.Duke never trailed in the second half, and used an 11-4 run to build a 13-point lead.Joey Baker added 11 points and Jeremy Roach scored 14 for Duke.North Carolina is ranked 18th in this weeks AP Top 25 poll!North Carolina opened the regular season with an 83-67 win over Loyola of Maryland on November 9, 2021 in Chapel Hill. In their 83-67 win over Loyola Of Maryland Caleb Love scored 22 points and then 19th ranked North Carolina.Brady Manek, a graduate transfer from Oklahoma, poured in 20 points for the Tar Heels, who scored the game's first nine points. Dawson Garcia, a transfer from Marquette, added 12 points and Walton scored 11 points.Then on Friday North Carolina topped Brown 94-87!In North Carolina’s 94-87 win over Brown RJ Davis scored a career-high 26 points.RJ Davis scored a career-high 26 points, and No. 19 North Carolina battled through 40 minutes of relentless competition from Brown, outlasting the Ivy League foe 94-87 on Friday night.Armando Bacot had 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting and 10 rebounds for the Tar Heels (2-0), who trailed by as many as seven points and never led by more than eight.North Carolina trailed by two with 7:14 remaining before Davis powered an 18-9 run, making four 3-pointers and a pair of free throws in the burst. He finished 9 of 17 from the floor and 6 of 9 from 3-point range.Dan Friday had 21 points and five assists for Brown, which built its biggest advantage late in the first half and led 50-47 at halftime. Nana Owusu-Anane scored 20 points for the Bears."(Friday) played with great pace. He had command of the ball," Brown coach Mike Martin said. "Obviously, our offense, we couldn't keep up that pace for 40 minutes. We fouled too much, we got hurt inside."Both teams sho
t better than 50% from the floor.Brady Manek came off the bench to score 14 points for North Carolina, and Caleb Love added 13 points, including two free throws with 27 seconds remaining that sealed the win.

“according to an article by Mitchell Northam on goheels.com”