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Another week in college basketball and another week in which the AP Top 25 Poll remains a flurry of activity with lots of movement, outside of the top three. Gonzaga came away with a nice victory on the road over #22 Saint Mary’s, and holds on to the number one spot for the third week in a row. The Big 12 and Pac 12 each have three teams in the top ten; however, those are the only teams representing their conferences in the top 25. The ACC continues to show it is the best conference top to bottom with six teams in this week’s poll.
Let’s take a closer look at this week’s AP Top 25 Poll for basketball.
AP Top 25 Poll
- Gonzaga (60) 26-0
- Villanova (5) 24-2
- Kansas 22-3
- Baylor 22-3
- Arizona 23-3
- UCLA 23-3
- Oregon 22-4
- Louisville 20-5
- West Virginia 20-5
- North Carolina 21-5
- Wisconsin 21-4
- Duke 20-5
- Kentucky 20-5
- Virginia 18-6
- Florida 20-5
- Purdue 20-5
- Florida State 21-5
- Cincinnati 22-3
- SMU 22-4
- Creighton 21-4
- South Carolina 20-5
- Saint Mary’s 22-3
- Maryland 21-4
- Butler 19-6
- Notre Dame 19-7
Where is UNC?
After a loss on the road to Duke, the Tar Heels fall two spots to number 10 in this week’s poll. With their loss to the Blue Devils this past Thursday, UNC has now lost four games on the road.
Just how hard is it to win on the road in the ACC? The home team wins 68.8% of the time—the highest among all major conferences
— Jarrett Corder (@just_a_corder) February 13, 2017
Best Top 25 Games of the Week
Wednesday (2/15)
#12 Duke at #14 Virginia
Saturday (2/18)
#14 Virginia at #10 UNC
#3 Kansas at #4 Baylor
Sunday (2/19)
#23 Maryland at #11 Wisconsin
College Basketball Pollercoaster
Moving Up
Duke (6 spots), SMU (6 spots), Arizona (4 spots), UCLA (4 spots)
Moving Down
Cincinnati (7 spots), Louisville (4 spots), Wisconsin (4 spots)
Moving In
Notre Dame
Moving Out
Xavier
Conference Breakdown
ACC - 6 teams
American Athletic - 2 teams
Big East - 3 teams
Big Ten - 3 teams
Big 12 - 3 teams
Pac-12 - 3 teams
SEC - 3 teams
West Coast - 2 teams
NCAA Tournament Bracket Preview
Personally, I think that this whole idea of putting out a bracket preview is as useless as a 2-hour Selection Sunday show. Also, you know there is no way that the Selection Committee is giving Duke that difficult of a bracket and/or UNC that easy of a bracket. I would be more interested in a weekly “Last 4 In” and “Last 4 Out” preview leading up to Selection Sunday, but that makes too much sense, so we know that the NCAA wouldn’t do that.
The full #BracketPreview!
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) February 11, 2017
Is it a glimpse at this year’s Sweet 16?? pic.twitter.com/TElTZy98WG