AP and Coaches Top 25 Poll 12/15/08

[wkuhillhound]

AP Poll

1. North Carolina (72) 9-0 1,800
2. Connecticut 8-0 1,715
3. Pittsburgh 10-0 1,646
4. Oklahoma 10-0 1,585
5. Texas 8-1 1,473
6. Duke 8-1 1,347
7. Xavier 9-0 1,233
8. Gonzaga 7-1 1,225
9. Louisville 6-1 1,176
10. Wake Forest 9-0 1,101
11. Syracuse 9-0 1,005
12. Notre Dame 7-2 992
13. Purdue 8-2 765
14. UCLA 6-2 756
15. Georgetown 7-1 750
16. Tennessee 6-2 683
17. Ohio State 6-0 576
18. Villanova 10-1 571
19. Michigan State 6-2 506
20. Arizona State 8-1 431
21. Baylor 8-1 420
22. Davidson 8-1 398
23. Memphis 5-2 350
24. Marquette 8-1 240
25. Clemson 10-0 196
Others Receiving Votes
Michigan 132, Miami (FL) 64, Missouri 44, Brigham Young 37, Butler 23, Dayton 23, Florida State 21, LSU 21, Illinois 15, Kansas 15, Wisconsin 15, Maryland 10, Arizona 10, Florida 8, Northwestern 7, Texas A&M 6, Saint Mary's 3, Temple 2, Minnesota 2, Navy 1, West Virginia 1.

Coaches poll

1. North Carolina (31) 9-0 775
2. Connecticut 8-0 737
3. Pittsburgh 10-0 713
4. Oklahoma 10-0 676
5. Texas 8-1 642
6. Duke 8-1 574
7. Gonzaga 7-1 552
7. Xavier 9-0 552
9. Louisville 6-1 467
10. Wake Forest 9-0 466
11. Syracuse 9-0 406
12. UCLA 6-2 369
13. Georgetown 7-1 358
14. Notre Dame 7-2 345
15. Villanova 10-1 313
16. Ohio State 6-0 275
17. Arizona State 8-1 272
18. Purdue 8-2 252
19. Tennessee 6-2 246
20. Davidson 8-1 194
21. Memphis 5-2 166
22. Michigan State 6-2 147
23. Marquette 8-1 130
24. Baylor 8-1 119
25. Clemson 10-0 65
Others Receiving Votes
Brigham Young 62, Miami (FL) 48, Michigan 31, Dayton 27, Butler 19, Arizona 15, Missouri 15, Wisconsin 14, Kansas 14, Saint Mary's 11, Illinois State 3, LSU 2, Florida 2, Maryland 1.

*Gonzaga didn't drop as far as I thought they. You know how they like to punish Mid-Major teams.
*Tennessee dropped like a rock with that loss to Temple. xthumbsupx

[bluehenbillk]

the 'Cuse at #11!!!!!

[GannonFan]

Not a great loss by the Zags, but such is life. They've got 3 more OOC games before conference play starts with true road games at Utah and a rematch at Tennessee, plus they get UConn in Seattle. They win those 3, plus the matchup against Memphis in February, and they're probably looking like a #1 seed. They're not going to treat Gonzaga like a mid-major anymore because they've basically morphed out of that classification.

[wkuhillhound]

Not a great loss by the Zags, but such is life. They've got 3 more OOC games before conference play starts with true road games at Utah and a rematch at Tennessee, plus they get UConn in Seattle. They win those 3, plus the matchup against Memphis in February, and they're probably looking like a #1 seed. They're not going to treat Gonzaga like a mid-major anymore because they've basically morphed out of that classification.

Unless St. Mary's becomes a San Diego of the tournament. I guess you can substitute any other WCC team in its place.

[GannonFan]

Unless St. Mary's becomes a San Diego of the tournament. I guess you can substitute any other WCC team in its place.

Obviously if they trip up in the WCC then yes, they're looking at a #2 seed. But that's not a bad thing either.

[bluehenbillk]

Good game coming up Saturday if you can tear yourself away from bowl games. An undefeated Cuse makes it last challenging non-conference jaunt playing at Memphis.....

[LehighFan11]

the 'Cuse at #11!!!!!

Yea baby GO ORANGE!

[LehighFan11]

Good game coming up Saturday if you can tear yourself away from bowl games. An undefeated Cuse makes it last challenging non-conference jaunt playing at Memphis.....
That isnt the only great game of the day.

Duke vs. Xavier
Texas vs. Mich St
Davidson vs. Purdue
Uconn vs. Zaga

[brownbear]

Cuse sucks, GO PITT!!!

[CrackerRiley]

Surprised to see UNC still at a unanimous #1. Nice.

[WWII]

Orange lose to Cleveland St. tonight in the Carrier Dome.

[GannonFan]

the 'Cuse at #11!!!!!

Cleveland State. Another year, another overrated Syracuse team. xnodx

[petethepenguin15]

I thought the orange deserved to be in the top 5 let alone the top 15 but
then that dropped game to Clev. State and all of a sudden they are gone

[brownbear]

Interesting fact about Cleveland State:


This was the first appearance at the Carrier Dome for Cleveland State since upsetting Indiana and St. Joseph's in the first two rounds of the 1986 NCAA tournament.

[YaleFootballFan]

Interesting fact about Cleveland State:

Quote:
This was the first appearance at the Carrier Dome for Cleveland State since upsetting Indiana and St. Joseph's in the first two rounds of the 1986 NCAA tournament.

Wasn't Brown in that same bracket and lost to #1 seed Syracuse in the first round? If I recall the game wasn't pretty.

[LehighFan11]

Cleveland State. Another year, another overrated Syracuse team. xnodx

You must not of seen the way Cleveland State won. Syracuse has played very poorly vs. bad teams this year but still had nice wins vs. Florida and Kansas. I'd go easy on the overrated as of now, they are about 5th or 6th best team in the Big East.

[brownbear]

Wasn't Brown in that same bracket and lost to #1 seed Syracuse in the first round? If I recall the game wasn't pretty.

Yes, that was Brown's only march madness appearance so far. Syracuse was a #2 seed, Brown a #15 seed. Syracuse won 101-52, but lost in the second round to Navy, led by David Robinson, who beat Cleveland State in the Sweet 16.

[bluehenbillk]

Ugh, the Mouse roars again on a freaking 60-footer.

That and Devendorf may be gone by the time Big East games roll around.

[gmoney55]

It's all on the Devendorf situation for Cuse...if he's gone they are barely a tournament team, at best.

That loss last night was coming for a while considering the way they fell behind against Richmond, UVA and Cornell earlier in the year.