Pitino, St. John’s climb to No. 6 in men’s Leading
Auburn and Duke remain atop the AP Top 25, while the remainder of the survey was a big jumble.Auburn was the consentaneous choice at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel in the survey released Monday. The Tigers held the top spot for the 8th straight week following uneven wins over Ole Miss and then-No. 17 Kentucky.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Duke was No. 2 for the second straight week
after burning out Miami and Florida
State in spite of playing without guard Tyrese Proctor due to a bone contusion in his left knee.No. 3 Houston went up an area after beating Texas Tech and Cincinnati, while Tennessee
climbed to No. 4 following Jahmai Mashack’s last-second 3-pointer from well beyond half court to beat Alabama 79-76. Florida completed the top 5, dropping two places after losing to Georgia and beating Texas A&M. St. John’s continued its turnaround in its second season under coach Rick Pitino, going up an area in
today’s poll to No. 6– its highest ranking because reaching No. 5 in 1990-91. Team Tape 1. Auburn(61)27-2 2. Duke 26-3 3. Houston 25-4 4. Tennessee 24-5 5.
| Florida 25-4 6. St. John’s 26-4 7. Alabama 23-6 8. Michigan State 24-5 | 9. Texas Tech 22-7 10. Iowa | State 22-7 | ||
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| 11. Clemson 24-5 | 12. Wisconsin 22-7 13 | . Maryland 22-7 14 | . Louisville 23-6 15. Missouri 21-8 | 16. Memphis 24-5 |
| 17. Michigan 22-7 18. Purdue 20-9 19. Kentucky 19-10 20. Marquette | ||||
| 22-7 21. Saint Mary’s 27-4 | 22. Texas A&M 20-9 23. BYU 21-8 24. | Arizona 19-10 25 | ||
| . Mississippi State 20-9 The | ||||
| Red Storm(26-4, 17-2 Big East)have not | ||||
| been to the NCAA | tournament because 2019 however are practically a lock to end the drought after | clinching their | first Big East regular-season title in 40 years with Saturday | |
| ‘s 71-61 win over Seton Hall. | ||||
| “We’re just getting started | ||||
| ,”Pitino informed the | Madison Square Garden crowd after the win.No. 8 | Michigan State signed up with | Auburn and Duke | as the only |
| teams to have the exact same ranking as last week.No. 14 | ||||
| Louisville made the most significant move of the week, climbing 5 places | following | |||
| wins over Virginia | Tech and Pittsburgh.No. 13 | |||
| Maryland moved up three | locations after losing to Michigan State by three on Tre Holloman’s last-second heave from beyond midcourt and beating Penn State.No. 22 Texas A&M had by far the greatest drop, losing 10 locations after losing to Vanderbilt and Florida, stretching its losing streak to four straight.No other team dropped more than two places.CONFERENCE see The SEC continued
its dominance with three of the leading 5 and eight overall in the Top 25 today. The Big 12 has three groups in the top 10 and five ranked teams, while the Big Ten likewise had five teams in the survey. The ACC has 3, the Big East 2 and the American and West Coast conferences have one ranked team apiece. |