Kansas tightens up grip on No
Nov 18, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Kansas reinforced its grip on the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll on Monday, while the remainder of the leading 10 became a jumble of teams switching places.The Jayhawks got five first-place votes, getting 49 from a 61-person media panel. No. 2 UConn had 7 first-place votes, No. 3 Gonzaga made 2 and No. 4 Auburn had 3. Iowa State climbed up two spots to round out the top five.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated The shuffling began with No. 8 Alabama’s 87-78 loss to
No. 6 Purdue, a game that dropped the Crimson Tide six areas and bumped the Boilermakers up 7. Losses by Duke and Arizona shocked the leading 10 further.The No. 12 Blue Devils dropped 6 spots from recently after their 77-72 loss to No. 9 Kentucky. The Wildcats climbed up 10 spots
for their very first top-10 ranking this season. Arizona lost 103-88 at No. 19 Wisconsin and fell eight spots to No. 17. The Badgers are ranked for the first time this season.Kansas backed up its win over North Carolina in the season’s opening week by beating Michigan State and Oakland last week.Team Rec.1. Kansas(49 )4-0 2.
UConn( 7)3-0 3. Gonzaga(2 )3-0 4. Auburn(3)3-0 5. Iowa State 2-0 6. Purdue 4-0 7. Houston 2-1 8. Alabama 3-1 9. Kentucky 3-0 10.
| North Carolina 2-1 11. Tennessee 4-0 12. Duke 3-1 13. Baylor 3-1 14. | Creighton 4-0 15. Marquette 4-0 16. | Indiana 3-0 17. Arizona 2-1 18. Cincinnati | ||
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| 3-0 19. Wisconsin | 4-0 | |||
| 20. Arkansas 2-1 21. | Florida 4-0 22. St. John’s 4-0 | |||
| 23. Texas A&M 3-1 | 24. | |||
| Rutgers 3-0 | 25. | |||
| Illinois 3-0 | ||||
| UConn continued to roll in its quote for a 3rd straight national championship, | blowing out Le Moyne | 90-49. Gonzaga | squashed UMass Lowell, Auburn rolled | over Kent |
| State and Iowa State beat Kansas City by 26 | ||||
| . No. 7 Houston moved up an area bouncing | ||||
| back from a 74-69 loss to Auburn by | ||||
| blowing out Louisiana.ON THE RISE Wisconsin needed to reload | its roster after an upset loss | |||
| to James Madison in the first round of the NCAA tournament last season.Coach Greg Gard | filled the holes with some strong additions through the transfer | |||
| website, however the | Badgers were still picked to complete near the bottom of | |||
| the Huge Ten.The projections may | ||||
| have been off.After rolling through three easy wins against |
smaller sized conference schools, Wisconsin made a couple of waves by running over Arizona. John Tonje scored 41 points, two off the school record, and the Badgers never ever trailed in a persuading win over a top-10 team that led to an enthusiastic postgame speech by Gard.WHO’S IN; WHO’S OUT No. 25 Illinois signed up with Wisconsin as the only groups to move into the leading 25.
The Illini knocked off
Oakland 66-54 last week.Ole Miss left from No. 25 in spite of beating South Alabama and Colorado State last week. Ohio State fell from No. 21 after its 78-64
loss to No. 23 Texas A&M. BIG MOVES Arizona had the biggest drop, losing 8 areas. Alabama and Duke were next, each dropping six places.Kentucky had the most significant jump amongst teams currently in the survey, climbing up 10 places and Purdue was next at seven.CONFERENCE view The Southeastern Conference blazed a trail with 7 ranked groups, consisting of No. 11 Tennessee, No. 20 Arkansas and No. 21 Florida.The Big 12 has six groups in the survey and the Big Ten 5, followed by the Big East with 4. The Atlantic Coast Conference has two, while the West Coast Conference has one.