Kings of the hills … for now
Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 at 9:27 am by Meerkat in Basketball, BIG 10 Basketball, BIG 12 Basketball, NCAA Basketball
Nova can thank Louisville for knocking off Syracuse on Saturday, giving the Wildcats sole possession of Top Cat atop the BIG East. While Kansas can simply thank themselves for being awesome, because they have yet to drop a game in the BIG 12.
4pm — UCONN @ #3 Villanova
Coach Calhoun is back for the Huskies. But his presence might be too late to help UCONN get into the tourney. At 14-11, the Huskies really need to run-the-table, or at least beat Nova & WVU to improve upon a shaky resume. After tip off, it should be exciting watching the guard play in this game with Nova’s Scottie Reynolds & Corey Fisher, along with UCONN’s Kemba Walker. All three can push the tempo and give their squads lots of transition bucket opps. But, if Walker gets in trouble early trying to keep Reynolds or Fisher in check, then this one could get ugly quickly.
6pm — #1 Kansas @ Texas A&M
It is good to be the king. Kansas can click the cruise control button if they get the win tonight against the Aggies. Texas A&M is the last squad on the KU schedule that has a shot (very slim one at best) at taking the top spot from them before the regular season comes to a close. The Jayhawks are in a comfortable position being that they can actually absorb a loss, maybe even two, and still get a #1 seed in the big tourney. Aggies on the other hand need to keep winning so they can secure an at-large bid when selection Sunday comes around.
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AP Top 25
1. Kansas (62) 24-1 1,622
2. Kentucky (3) 24-1 1,557
3. Villanova 22-2 1,482
4. Purdue 21-3 1,403
5. Syracuse 24-2 1,389
6. Duke 21-4 1,278
7. Kansas State 20-4 1,239
8. West Virginia 19-5 1,101
9. Ohio State 20-6 1,068
10. Georgetown 18-6 966
11. Michigan State 20-6 906
12. New Mexico 23-3 888
13. Gonzaga 21-4 830
14. Wisconsin 19-6 697
15. Texas 20-5 674
16. Brigham Young 23-3 669
17. Vanderbilt 19-5 529
18. Butler 23-4 527
19. Pittsburgh 19-6 398
20. Tennessee 18-6 381
21. Temple 20-5 347
22. Baylor 19-5 316
23. Wake Forest 18-5 286
24. Texas A&M 18-6 231
25. Richmond 20-6 101
Others Receiving Votes
Northern Iowa 74, Virginia Tech 59, UTEP 46, Illinois 29, Marquette 12, Mississippi State 5, UNLV 5, Old Dominion 4, Cornell 2, Georgia Tech 1, Maryland 1, San Diego State 1, Xavier 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Northern Iowa 19, Georgia Tech 20, UNLV 23.
bbryan
15. Feb, 2010
How many weeks has it been without a PAC-10 team? Sad state of affairs out west.