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College Basketball: Memphis stays at top of poll, Tennessee move up to #2

February 18th, 2008 khawe Posted in College Basketball, Duke Blue Devils Basketball, Georgetown Hoyas, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jawhawks Basketball, Kentucky Wildcats Basketball, Louisville Cardinals Basketball, Maryland Terrapins, Memphis Tigers, NCAA Basketball Tournament, North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball, Texas Longhorns Basketball, UCLA Bruins Basketball, UCONN Huskies Basketball, Vanderbilt Commodores Basketball, Washington Huskies Basketball No Comments »

Well, we saw another crazy week in College Basketball where some of the top teams lost creating more shifts in the polls. The Memphis Tigers (25-0) stayed on top of the polls for the fifth straight week, while the Tennessee Volunteers (23-2) moved up to #2 after the Duke Blue Devils lost to Wake Forest last night. Having the Tigers and Volunteers atop the polls couldn’t have come at a better time as the two teams play each other this Saturday in Memphis.

Ironically the North Carolina Tar Heels moved up to the 3rd spot, while the Blue Devils dropped to #4 - didn’t the Blue Devils beat the Tar Heels not so long ago?  The Kansas Jayhawks also dropped a couple of spots, now ranked #5,  after their loss to Texas. The Texas Longhorns made the biggest jump of the week moving up 4 spots to #7 after their big win over Kansas.

Here is the full Top 25  poll for the 15th week of the 2007 - 2008 College Basketball Season.

1. Memphis 25-0
2. Tennessee 23-2
3. North Carolina 24-2
4. Duke 22-2
5. Kansas 24-2
6. UCLA 22-3
7. Texas 21-4
8. Butler 24-2
9. Stanford 21-4
10. Wisconsin 21-4
11. Georgetown 20-4
12. Xavier 21-4
13. Connecticut 20-5
14. Indiana 21-4
15. Purdue 21-5
16. Vanderbilt 22-4
17. Michigan State 20-5
18. Drake 23-2
19. Washington State 20-5
20. Saint Mary’s 22-3
21. Notre Dame 19-5
22. Texas A&M 20-5
23. Louisville 20-6
24. Marquette 18-6
25. Kansas State 18-6


College Basketball: Upsets cause a lot of shifting in latest top 25 poll

February 11th, 2008 khawe Posted in College Basketball, Duke Blue Devils Basketball, Georgetown Hoyas, Memphis Tigers, NCAA Basketball Tournament, North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball, UCONN Huskies Basketball, USC Trojans 1 Comment »

With 4 of the top 10 teams losing last week, we saw a good amount of shifting going on in the Top 25 polls released today. The Memphis Tigers and Duke Blue Devils remained the top 2 teams in the country but after them every team seemed to change their rank.

With the loss by the North Carolina Tar Heels to the Duke Blue Devils, the previously ranked #3 Tar Heels dropped only a couple spots to #5. The Kansas Jawhawks took over the 3rd spot with the Tennessee Volunteers moving up 3 spots to a season best #4 rank.

Other big movers included the Stanford Cardinals who have been moving steadily up the rankings the past few weeks - the Cardinals are now ranked 7th. UCLA made a move in the wrong direction after their upset loss to the Washington Huskies - the Bruins dropped from #4 to #6 and to be honest they could have dropped further.

Memphis has been at the top of the college basketball polls for 3 straight weeks and collected all 31 first place votes in the ESPN / USA Today poll. With a great deal of the top 25 teams heading into tough conference games this week I am sure these rankings will change dramatically yet again next Monday.

Here is the full ESPN / USA Today Top 25 Poll for the 14th week of the College Basketball Season.

1. Memphis (31) 23-0
2. Duke 21-1
3. Kansas 23-1
4. Tennessee 21-2
5. North Carolina 22-2
6. UCLA 21-3
7. Stanford 20-3
8. Georgetown 19-3
9. Michigan State 20-3
10. Butler 21-2
11. Texas 19-4
12. Indiana 20-3
13. Xavier 20-4
14. Wisconsin 19-4
15. Drake 22-1
16. Texas A&M 20-4
17. Connecticut 18-5
18. Notre Dame 18-4
19. Vanderbilt 20-4
20. Washington State 18-5
21. Saint Mary’s 20-3
22. Kansas State 17-5
23. Purdue 19-5
24. Pittsburgh 18-5
25. Marquette 16-6