KU basketball moves up to No. 3 in both Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls

By J-W Staff Reports     Dec 13, 2010
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The Kansas men’s basketball team moved up to No. 3 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today polls released Monday.

The Jayhawks are the top Big 12 team in the rankings, followed by Kansas State (No. 6 AP/No. 6 Coaches), Baylor (No. 9/No. 9), Missouri (No. 13/No. 12), Texas (No. 22/No. 25) and Texas A&M (No. 25/Receiving votes).

Duke is the unanimous No. 1 in both polls.

See how Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan voted in the Associated Press poll.

The full rankings are below.

Associated Press Poll

Record Pts Pvs

  1. Duke (65) 10-0 1,625 1
  2. Ohio St. 8-0 1,547 2
  3. Kansas 9-0 1,467 4
  4. Connecticut 8-0 1,343 6
  5. Syracuse 10-0 1,331 8
  6. Kansas St. 9-1 1,320 5
  7. Tennessee 7-0 1,316 11
  8. Pittsburgh 10-1 1,137 3
  9. Baylor 6-0 1,023 10
  10. Villanova 8-1 926 12
  11. San Diego St. 10-0 914 14
  12. Illinois 10-1 779 16
  13. Missouri 8-1 771 15
  14. Michigan St. 7-3 755 7
  15. Georgetown 9-1 722 9
  16. BYU 10-0 688 18
  17. Kentucky 7-2 668 17
  18. Memphis 7-1 561 13
  19. Purdue 9-1 506 19
  20. Louisville 8-0 464 24
  21. Minnesota 9-1 336 22
  22. Texas 7-2 181 25
  23. UNLV 9-1 181 20
  24. Notre Dame 9-1 165 23
  25. Texas A&M 9-1 105 —

Others receiving votes: UCF 62, Florida 55, Washington 37, Temple 30, Vanderbilt 29, North Carolina 21, Cleveland St. 15, Arizona 8, Wisconsin 8, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 6, Cincinnati 5, Northwestern 5, Washington St. 5, Richmond 3, Old Dominion 2, West Virginia 2, Boston College 1.

USA Today/ESPN Poll

  1. Duke (31)
  2. Ohio St.
  3. Kansas
  4. Connecticut
  5. Syracuse
  6. Kansas St.
  7. Tennessee
  8. Pittsburgh
  9. Baylor
  10. San Diego St.
  11. Villanova
  12. Missouri
  13. Georgetown
  14. Illinois
  15. Michigan St.
  16. Kentucky
  17. Purdue
  18. BYU
  19. Memphis
  20. Minnesota
  21. Louisville
  22. UNLV
  23. Notre Dame
  24. Florida
  25. Texas

Others Receiving Votes: Texas A&M 39, Washington 35, Wisconsin 29, West Virginia 28, Vanderbilt 19, Temple 15, Northwestern 15, UCF 12, Richmond 6, North Carolina 6, New Mexico 5, Cleveland St. 4, Cincinnati 3, Old Dominion 3, Wichita St. 2, Washington St. 1

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