Doherty Earns No. 1 With Tar Heels

Matt Doherty became accustomed to being ranked No. 1 when he played for North Carolina in the early 1980s.

The feeling was quite different for Doherty on Monday.

He achieved his first No. 1 ranking as a coach in the Associated Press poll after the Tar Heels beat highly ranked Duke on its home court and then Georgia Tech on Saturday.

Stanford, No. 1 the previous four weeks, fell from the top spot after a weekend loss at home to UCLA.

The Tar Heels (19-2), who extended their winning streak to 16 games, received 60 first-place votes and 1,787 points from the nationwide media panel in making the move from No. 4.

Stanford (20-1) dropped to second, receiving nine first-place votes and 1,677 points, 22 more than Duke (20-2).

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Florida sophomore guard Justin Hamilton had season-ending surgery to repair the knee ligament he tore on Jan. 17 attempting a layup. . . . Guard Kyle Galloway, whose back pain forced him to leave the team before the season, will rejoin Iowa.