{"id":437731,"date":"2017-02-23T11:54:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=437731"},"modified":"2026-07-26T13:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:59:23","slug":"payne-tar-heels-leave-no-doubt-regarding-accs-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=437731","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Tar Heels leave no doubt regarding ACC&#8217;s top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/tar-heels-leaves-no-doubt-regarding-acc-s-top-spot\/16545816\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcache.wralsportsfan.com\/asset\/colleges\/unc\/2017\/02\/22\/16545835\/16545835-1487827722-uid14878277255967-160x120.jpg\" alt=\"UNC vs Louisville\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After a shut-down 65-41 win against then-14th-ranked Virginia and a 74-63 defeat of No. 7 Louisville, it is a clearer now than at any point this season that heading into the last 10 days of the regular season, the No. 8 Tar Heels (24-5, 12-3 ACC) are the league&#8217;s best team. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/tar-heels-leaves-no-doubt-regarding-acc-s-top-spot\/16545816\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/tar-heels-leaves-no-doubt-regarding-acc-s-top-spot\/16545816\/\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Payne: Tar Heels leave no doubt regarding ACC&#039;s top spot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a shut-down 65-41 win against then-14th-ranked Virginia and a 74-63 defeat of No. 7 Louisville, it is a clearer now than at any point this&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=437731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1922095,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437731\/revisions\/1922095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=437731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=437731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=437731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}