Auburn closing space on No
Dec 16, 2024, 01:31 PM ET
Tennessee held onto No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the 2nd successive week, though No. 2 Auburn closed the space as the top 5 remained unchanged in the guys’s college basketball poll Monday.The Volunteers got 50 first-place votes from a national media panel after wins over Miami and Illinois pushed coach Rick Barnes’ program to 10-0 for only the fifth time in school history. Auburn got nine first-place votes from recently and had 12 overall. Iowa State, Duke and Kentucky rounded out the top 5.1. Tennessee(50 )10-0 2. Auburn( 9)9-1 3.
| Iowa St. 9-1 4. Kentucky 10-1 5. Duke 8-2 | ||
| 6. Alabama 8-2 7. Florida | ||
| 10-0 8. Kansas 8-2 9. Marquette 9-2 10. Oregon 10-1 11 | . UConn 8-3 | |
| 12. Texas A&M 9-2 13. Gonzaga 7-3 | 14. Oklahoma 10-0 15. Houston 6-3 | 16. Purdue 8-3 |
| 17. Mississippi 9-1 18. | ||
| UCLA 9-1 19. Cincinnati 8-1 20. Michigan St. 8-2 | ||
| 21. Memphis 8-2 22. | ||
| Dayton 9-2 23. San Diego St. 7-2 24 | . Michigan 8-2 25. Clemson 9-2 Others getting votes: | |
| Mississippi St. | ||
| 158, Arkansas 151, Missouri 120, | ||
| Baylor 115, Illinois 70, Drake | 52, St. John’s 50, Utah St. | |
| 48, Pittsburgh 28, Maryland 24, West Virginia 19, Wisconsin 18, Georgia 18, | Oklahoma St. 16, | |
| Arizona St 14, Creighton 12, | ||
| North Carolina 9, Penn St. 8, Indiana 7, Texas 3, St. Bonaventure | ||
| 2. Tennessee is amongst five unbeatens left in guys’s Department I basketball and one of 3 groups from the Southeastern Conference, joining No. 7 Florida(10-0 )and No. 14 Oklahoma (10-0). Drake( 9-0 )and Utah State(10-0)also enter this week undefeated.”We understand viewing movie there’s a great deal of areas we have to get better with, more consistent,” |
Barnes said Monday.” It’s everybody. Coaches getting better, players improving. When you’re in December, you need to be genuine. Look at movie and realize we have actually done this or that, but we have a long way to go to be where we want to be. “Auburn enhanced to 9-1 with its 91-53 blowout of Ohio State in Atlanta. Johni Broome showed the way with 21 points and 20 rebounds for the Tigers’first 20-20 game in 35 years, then he raced back to Auburn for his graduation Saturday night.”They might be the best team in the nation right now,”Ohio State coach Jake Diebler stated.” They have a great deal of experience, and they made us pay when we slipped up.”The SEC continued to control the Top 25 with the Vols and Tigers joined by Kentucky, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Florida in offering the conference five of the leading 7. Kansas went up two areas to No. 8 while Marquette and Oregon rounded out the top 10.Two-time safeguarding national champion UConn jumped 7 spots to No. 11 after beating then-No. 8 Gonzaga. The Huskies were followed by Texas A&M, the Bulldogs, the Sooners and Houston, which remained at No. 15. Purdue dropped five spots to No. 16 after its loss to the Aggies, and was followed by Ole Miss, UCLA, Cincinnati and Michigan State. Dayton went into the poll for the first time this season at No. 22, just behind Memphis, which returned after its win over Clemson.
Wisconsin left after its loss to Illinois, and Mississippi State fell out after a narrow win over McNeese State.San Diego State, Michigan and Clemson rounded out the Leading 25.Mid-major monitoring: Drake appeared on 11 tallies after an easy win over St.
Ambrose kept first-year coach Ben McCollum’s club unbeaten. Utah State appeared on 10 tallies after blowing out South Florida to give the Aggies their best start in school history.”I’ve said all along, this is a place you can win at a high level consistently, and we’ve revealed that, right? Every year,”Utah State coach Jarrod Calhoun said.”We never ever discuss making history. It was never discussed all week. … It’s about improving
every day. It’s about enjoying the process.”Rising and falling: UConn made the most significant dive this week, climbing seven areas to No. 11 after beating Gonzaga. UCLA climbed up six areas to No. 18 after beating Arizona for its 8th straight win, and Texas A&M went up five areas to No. 12. Michigan plummeted 10 places to No. 24 after blowing its halftime lead in an 89-87 loss to Arkansas in the Jimmy V Classic at Madison Square Garden. Clemson fell nine areas to No. 25, and Gonzaga and Purdue each dropped five spots.In and out: Memphis spent a week at No. 16 previously this season before a loss to Arkansas State. The Tigers returned while Dayton made its season debut at the cost of Wisconsin and Mississippi State, which got the most votes of those outside the Leading 25. Conference watch: The SEC has eight teams in the Top 25 together with the first 3 outside the survey in Mississippi State, Arkansas and Missouri. The Big 10 has 5, the Big 12 has four, and the ACC and Big East two each
. Nine leagues had actually a ranked team.