KU stays at No. 2 in AP poll

By J-W Staff And Wire Reports     Nov 29, 2004

Kansas University’s men’s basketball team stayed at No. 2 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll, but fell to nearly 50 points behind top-ranked Wake Forest.

The Jayhawks (2-0) received 18 first-place votes and 1,678 total points while the Demon Deacons (5-0) received 40 first-place votes and 1,737 points after winning the Preseason NIT.

Last week, Wake Forest received 25 first-place votes, one fewer than Kansas, and had 19 more points.

Virginia moved into poll for the first time this season, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference a record-tying seven teams in the poll.

Between Wake Forest and No. 24 Virginia, there were five other conference schools, matching the feat accomplished twice by the Big Ten and once by the ACC.

The other ranked ACC teams were No. 4 Georgia Tech, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 10 Duke, No. 12 Maryland and No. 16 North Carolina State.

The Big Ten had seven teams ranked for one week in January 1993, and for four weeks in January 1999. The ACC did it for two weeks in December 1997.

No. 3 Syracuse and Georgia Tech switched places from last week. The Orange (5-0) had four first-place votes, while Georgia Tech (3-0), which beat Illinois-Chicago 60-59 and Arkansas-Little Rock 79-54, was No. 1 on seven ballots.

Illinois, Oklahoma State, Connecticut and Kentucky held spots five through eight from last week. Illinois got one first-place vote, Oklahoma State had two.

North Carolina, which won the Maui Invitational, moved up from 11th, while Duke dropped one spot.

Michigan State was 11th, followed by Maryland, Pittsburgh, Washington, Mississippi State, North Carolina State, Louisville, Texas, Florida and Notre Dame.

The last five ranked teams were Arizona, Alabama, Iowa, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Virginia (4-0) beat then-No. 11 Arizona 78-60 on Nov. 21 and defeated Appalachian State and Richmond this week. The Cavaliers were last ranked in December 2002.

Iowa (3-1) moved in at No. 23 off an impressive Maui Invitational. The Hawkeyes, who were ranked for one week in December 2003, played three Top 15 teams in Hawaii, beating Louisville and Texas before losing to North Carolina in the championship game.

Gonzaga and Memphis dropped out of the Top 25.

The Bulldogs (3-1) lost 89-72 to Illinois, ending a run of 22 consecutive poll appearances. Gonzaga was ranked every week last season, reaching a school-best No. 3 in the last two polls of the season.

Memphis (4-2) lost 84-61 to Maryland in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic. The Tigers, who were ranked at the end of last season, also lost to Syracuse in the final of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

Washington used its championship run in the Great Alaska Shootout to have the week’s biggest jump. The Huskies, who beat Alabama 79-76 in the title game, moved from No. 22 to No. 14.

The biggest drop of the week was shared by Louisville and Wisconsin. The Cardinals fell from 12th to 17th after finishing fifth at Maui. Wisconsin dropped from 20th to 25th following a 75-61 loss at Pepperdine.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pt Pv
1. Wake Forest (40) 5-0 1,737 1
2. Kansas (18) 2-0 1,678 2
3. Syracuse (4) 5-0 1,582 4
4. Georgia Tech (7) 3-0 1,580 3
5. Illinois (1) 4-0 1,540 5
6. Oklahoma St. (2) 3-0 1,420 6
7. Connecticut 1-0 1,329 7
8. Kentucky 3-0 1,284 8
9. North Carolina 4-1 1,134 11
10. Duke 3-0 1,129 9
11. Michigan St. 3-0 1,073 10
12. Maryland 3-0 1,018 13
13. Pittsburgh 3-0 782 16
14. Washington 4-0 770 22
15. Mississippi St. 5-1 743 14
16. N.C. State 4-0 722 17
17. Louisville 3-1 584 12
18. Texas 3-1 507 15
19. Florida 3-0 447 23
20. Notre Dame 3-0 442 21
21. Arizona 3-2 413 18
22. Alabama 4-1 381 19
23. Iowa 3-1 367
24. Virginia 4-0 235
25. Wisconsin 2-1 114 20
Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 65, Cincinnati 51, S. Illinois 46, Memphis 34, Creighton 26, Boston College 24, Vermont 18, Charlotte 16, Stanford 15, Oklahoma 14, Pepperdine 14, Marquette 13, Michigan 9, Utah 8, UAB 7, New Mexico 4, George Washington 3, Iowa St. 3, Nevada 3, Ohio St. 3, West Virginia 3, Indiana 2, Oregon 2, Rutgers 2, Holy Cross 1, LSU 1, Miami (Ohio) 1, UTEP 1.

KU stays at No. 19 in AP Top 25

By J-W Staff Reports     Dec 23, 2002

Even with Saturday’s 87-70 victory over UCLA, Kansas University’s mens’ basketball team kept its No. 19 ranking in the newest AP Top 25 poll.

Alabama took over the top spot with 35 of 71 first-place votes. Arizona, last week’s top-ranked team, dropped to fourth after losing, 66-65, to Louisiana State on Saturday.

Other ranked Big 12 schools include No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 9 Texax and No. 17 Missouri. Texas Tech and Oklahoma State also both received votes.

Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (35) 8-0 1,718 2
2. Pittsburgh (14) 8-0 1,673 4
3. Duke (16) 6-0 1,657 3
4. Arizona (5) 5-1 1,551 1
5. Oklahoma 6-1 1,406 7
6. Connecticut 7-0 1,299 8
7. Illinois (1) 8-0 1,279 12
8. Notre Dame 10-1 1,250 9
9. Texas 7-2 1,135 10
10. Indiana 8-1 1,113 6
11. Oregon 8-1 1,029 5
12. Florida 8-2 917 13
13. Marquette 7-1 822 14
14. Kentucky 6-2 806 18
15. Michigan St. 7-2 761 15
16. Mississippi St. 7-1 756 16
17. Missouri 6-1 726 11
18. Creighton 9-0 614 20
19. Kansas 6-3 585 19
20. Tulsa 6-1 334 22
21. Xavier 6-2 314 21
22. North Carolina 7-2 296 23
23. Maryland 4-3 212 24
24. LSU 7-1 173
25. Wake Forest 6-0 87

Others receiving votes: Saint Joseph’s 77, Georgetown 52, Butler 51, Stanford 47, N.C. State 46, Georgia 34, Cincinnati 27, Texas Tech 25, Virginia 24, Minnesota 22, Clemson 20, Gonzaga 19, Syracuse 19, Oklahoma St. 17, BYU 16, Louisville 15, Coll. of Charleston 12, Iowa St. 11, Wisconsin 11, West Virginia 9, Wyoming 5, Penn 2, N. Arizona 1.


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