KU drops to No. 2 in coaches poll, No. 3 in AP

By J-W Staff Reports     Feb 21, 2011
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The Kansas men’s basketball team dropped to No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll and No. 3 in the Associated Press poll released Monday.

KU, which fell to Kansas State on Monday before defeating Colorado on Saturday, dropped behind Duke in the coaches poll. Ohio State, San Diego State and Texas rounded out the top five.

In the AP ranking, KU was third behind Duke and Ohio State.

In both polls, the Jayhawks received at least one first-place vote.

KU will play host to Oklahoma State at 8 p.m. Monday.

See how Lawrence Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan voted in the AP poll.

The full rankings are below.

ESPN/USA Today coaches poll

  1. Duke (19) 25-2 746
  2. Kansas (1) 25-2 708
  3. Ohio State (4) 25-2 699
  4. San Diego State (3) 27-1 672
  5. Texas 23-4 667
  6. Pittsburgh (4) 24-3 664
  7. Brigham Young 25-2 593
  8. Purdue 22-5 562
  9. Notre Dame 21-5 506
  10. Arizona 23-4 461
  11. Georgetown 21-6 437
  12. Wisconsin 20-6 428
  13. Florida 21-5 397
  14. Villanova 21-6 377
  15. Connecticut 20-6 312
  16. Louisville 20-7 278
  17. Texas A&M 21-5 254
  18. Vanderbilt 20-6 242
  19. North Carolina 20-6 236
  20. Syracuse 22-6 183
  21. Missouri 21-6 161
  22. Kentucky 19-7 134
  23. Utah State 25-3 109
  24. Temple 21-5 85
  25. St. John’s 17-9 73

Others receiving votes: George Mason (23-5) 55; Xavier (20-6) 18; Washington (18-8) 6; UCLA (19-8) 5; Valparaiso (20-8) 3; Coastal Carolina (25-3) 2; Saint Mary’s (22-6) 1; West Virginia (17-9) 1.

Associated Press Poll

  1. Duke (35) 25-2 1,531
  2. Ohio State (10) 25-2 1,519
  3. Kansas (5) 25-2 1,457
  4. Pittsburgh (12) 24-3 1,452
  5. Texas (1) 23-4 1,395
  6. San Diego State 27-1 1,327
  7. Brigham Young (2) 25-2 1,261
  8. Purdue 22-5 1,182
  9. Notre Dame 21-5 1,036
  10. Arizona 23-4 942
  11. Georgetown 21-6 929
  12. Wisconsin 20-6 921
  13. Florida 21-5 841
  14. Connecticut 20-6 768
  15. Villanova 21-6 697
  16. Louisville 20-7 593
  17. Syracuse 22-6 527
  18. Vanderbilt 20-6 499
  19. North Carolina 20-6 495
  20. Missouri 21-6 378
  21. Texas A&M 21-5 342
  22. Kentucky 19-7 301
  23. St. John’s 17-9 214
  24. Temple 21-5 199
  25. Xavier 20-6 103

Others receiving votes: Utah State 97, George Mason 51, West Virginia 42, Alabama 15, Florida State 4, UNLV 2, Washington 2, Belmont 1, Harvard 1, UCLA 1.

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