Tuesday, November 4, 2008

College basketball top AP 25 poll


AP Top 25
1. North Carolina (72) 0-0 1,800
2. Connecticut 0-0 1,661
3. Louisville 0-0 1,638
4. UCLA 0-0 1,487
5. Pittsburgh 0-0 1,319
6. Michigan State 0-0 1,311
7. Texas 0-0 1,259
8. Duke 0-0 1,250
9. Notre Dame 0-0 1,243
10. Gonzaga 0-0 1,162
11. Purdue 0-0 1,099
12. Oklahoma 0-0 987
13. Memphis 0-0 977
14. Tennessee 0-0 920
15. Arizona State 0-0 645
16. Marquette 0-0 592
17. Miami (FL) 0-0 570
18. USC 0-0 414
19. Florida 0-0 403
20. Davidson 0-0 347
21. Wake Forest 0-0 312
22. Georgetown 0-0 311
23. Villanova 0-0 256
24. Kansas 0-0 233
25. Wisconsin 0-0 196
Others Receiving Votes
Xavier 154, UNLV 143, Baylor 128, Saint Mary's 112, Syracuse 83, Kentucky 75, Ohio State 64, LSU 31, Texas A&M 30, Washington 19, West Virginia 17, Virginia Tech 16, Brigham Young 16, Alabama 16, Siena 13, Washington State 11, Vanderbilt 11, Clemson 11, Arizona 11, Temple 10, Virginia Commonwealth 8, Creighton 7, Butler 7, New Mexico 3, Cleveland State 2, UAB 2, Stanford 2, San Diego 1, American University 1, Cal State Northridge 1, Saint Joseph's 1, Drake 1, Miami (OH) 1

At the end of the year this poll will be all shaken up, usually this poll will just tell us how god the recruiting class is combined with the school talent that is already there. We will see what happens with this.....

Gonzaga is the highest ranked team from the northwest, it is difficult to predict how well our northwest teams will do up here but assuming the University of Washington breaks into the top 25 along with WSU, Lorenzo Romar, Mark Few, and Tony Bennett will be there for most of the year. With all the talent in the state it will be fun to watch them all compete against the spectacular talent across the country.

Middle of the week comments


The BCS polls are out and on top is Alabama, followed by Texas Tech then Penn State. My analysis is that if Texas Tech wins out they deserve to play Alabama in the title game. Texas Tech plays Oklahoma State next, Miami, and then Oklahoma. My prediction was Alabama and Penn State to be in the title game at the beginning of the year, but I will compromise if Texas Tech is still this impressive at the end.