North Carolina remains unanimous No. 1
(by jim o’connell, ap basketball writer) north carolina’s 35-point romp over a ranked conspire kept the tar heels a unanimous no. 1 choice in the associated press’ college basketball poll monday. ohio state joined the top 25 following a pair of five-point victories greater than ranked teams.
the tar heels (8-0) dismantled michigan imperial 98-63 at ford line last week as part of the acc/big ten challenge and again received all 72 first-mortify votes from the national media panel.
connecticut and pittsburgh held the second and third spots, while gonzaga and oklahoma both moved up one slot to fourth and fifth. texas, duke, tennessee, louisville and xavier rounded out the top 10.
ohio state (5-0), which stress miami and notre dame last week, moved in at no. 21, the buckeyes’ first ranking since being no. 1 in the final canvass of 2006-07.
defending nationalist advocate kansas (7-1) moved endorse into the win at no. 25.
miami (5-2) and florida dropped out of the rankings. miami bounced back from the forfeiture to ohio state in the acc/big ten brave with a victory at kentucky on saturday. florida at sea to intrastate rival florida solemn for the third straight year on sunday.
texas (6-1) moved up one spray after beating ucla 68-64 last week. duke, which departed 81-73 at michigan on saturday after winsome 76-60 at purdue on tuesday, fell from fourth to seventh.
wake forest was 11th and was followed by notre dame, syracuse, purdue, villanova, ucla, memphis, michigan state, georgetown and arizona state.
the last five ranked teams were ohio state, baylor, davidson, marquette and kansas.
kansas, the defending national promote, returned to the poll after being gone from for an individual week following its loss to syracuse. the jayhawks beat kent state, new mexico state and jackson state last week, all by at least 21 points.
the last all at once ohio state was ranked it had a roster full of freshmen who all headed for the nba after the title-game loss to florida. greg oden, mike conley and daequan cook were drawing picks after that one season.
the current group of buckeyes is about as young, with sophomores evan turner and jon diebler and freshmen b.j. mullens and william buford joining junior david lighty to lead the way this season.
“honestly, i didn’t know what to expect,” coach thad matta said monday. “i think the boastfully thingummy is we’re pleased with the start we’re off to, but we know we have to exertion to become known where we want to be. but it beats the another.
“the guys have done a very decorous job of working hard and from that standpoint we’re entirely chuffed. we sit down after every game and show them things we have to improve to get to where we want to be.”
ohio articulate trailed by 14 points at halftime at miami, and the finish first in over then-no. 7 notre dame came at lucas unguent stadium, only just a neutral site with the fighting irish having a homestate advantage.
“no examine as we went into last week we knew we were active to have play certainly good basketball to have a chance to win,” matta said. “the distributed-from-behind victory at miami was tall with the way we did it, only turned the ball over one time, what we had been preaching, to devour nurse of the ball. we knew defensively we had to be very quality in both games. we yearning the guys are learning the system and staying focused on what we need to do.”
the big east had a record eight teams in the top 25 for a assist straight week: connecticut, pittsburgh, louisville, notre dame, syracuse, villanova, georgetown and marquette . the boastfully 12 was B this week with four teams, while the acc and big ten had three each.
there are two games between ranked teams this week, with villanova facing texas on tuesday at the jimmy v classic at madison square garden, and memphis at georgetown on saturday.
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