Poll: What Will MU Be Ranked Monday (Feb 23)

[Tugg Speedman]

1. Connecticut (66) 24-1 1,794 1
  Last Week: Def. Syracuse 63-49 (2/11), Def. Seton Hall 62-54 (2/14)
  This Week: Lost to Pittsburgh 76-68 (2/16), Def. South Florida 64-50 (2/21)  Tickets

2. Oklahoma (4) 25-1 1,709 2
  Last Week: Def. Baylor 78-63 (2/11), Def. Texas Tech 95-74 (2/14)
  This Week: 2/21 at Texas (17-8)  Tickets

3. North Carolina (2) 23-2 1,676 3
  Last Week: Def. Duke 101-87 (2/11), Def. Miami (FL) 69-65 (2/15)
  This Week: Def. North Carolina State 89-80 (2/18), Lost to Maryland 88-85 (2/21)  Tickets

4. Pittsburgh  23-2 1,589 4
  Last Week: Def. West Virginia 70-59 (2/9), Def. Cincinnati 85-69 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Connecticut 76-68 (2/16), 2/21 vs. DePaul (8-18)  Tickets

5. Memphis  22-3 1,465 8
  Last Week: Def. Tulsa 63-37 (2/11), Def. Southern Miss 72-47 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Southern Methodist 90-47 (2/18), Def. UTEP 70-63 (2/21)  Tickets

6. Michigan State  20-4 1,443 9
  Last Week: Def. Michigan 54-42 (2/10)
  This Week: Lost to Purdue 72-54 (2/17), 2/22 vs. Wisconsin (17-9)  Tickets

7. Louisville  19-5 1,280 5
  Last Week: Lost to Notre Dame 90-57 (2/12), Def. DePaul 99-54 (2/15)
  This Week: Def. Providence 94-76 (2/18), Def. Cincinnati 72-63 (2/21)  Tickets

8. Wake Forest  19-4 1,217 7
  Last Week: Lost to North Carolina State 82-76 (2/11), Def. Florida State 86-63 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Georgia Tech 87-69 (2/18), 2/22 at Duke (21-5)  Tickets

9. Duke  20-5 1,048 6
  Last Week: Lost to North Carolina 101-87 (2/11), Lost to Boston College 80-74 (2/15)
  This Week: Def. St. John's 76-69 (2/19), 2/22 vs. Wake Forest (20-4)  Tickets

10. Marquette  21-4 1,045 10
  Last Week: Lost to Villanova 102-84 (2/10), Def. St. John's 73-59 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Seton Hall 79-67 (2/17), Def. Georgetown 78-72 (2/21)  Tickets

11. Missouri  22-4 1,041 17
  Last Week: Def. Kansas 62-60 (2/9), Def. Nebraska 70-47 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Colorado 66-53 (2/21)  Tickets

12. Villanova  20-5 983 13
  Last Week: Def. Marquette 102-84 (2/10), Lost to West Virginia 93-72 (2/13)
  This Week: Def. Rutgers 82-72 (2/19), 2/22 at Syracuse (19-7)  Tickets

13. Clemson  20-4 939 12
  Last Week: Def. Boston College 87-77 (2/10), Lost to Virginia 85-81 (2/15)
  This Week: Def. Maryland 93-64 (2/17), 2/22 at Georgia Tech (10-15)  Tickets

14. Arizona State  20-5 830 18
  Last Week: Def. UCLA 74-67 (2/12), Def. USC 65-53 (2/15)
  This Week: 2/22 vs. Arizona (18-8)  Tickets

15. Kansas  20-5 651 16
  Last Week: Lost to Missouri 62-60 (2/9), Def. Kansas State 85-74 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Iowa State 72-55 (2/18), Def. Nebraska 70-53 (2/21)  Tickets

16. Xavier  21-4 646 14
  Last Week: Lost to Dayton 71-58 (2/11), Def. Fordham 88-53 (2/14)
  This Week: Lost to Charlotte 65-60 (2/19), 2/22 vs. George Washington (8-15)  Tickets

17. Gonzaga  19-5 599 19
  Last Week: Def. Saint Mary's 72-70 (2/12), Def. San Francisco 78-73 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Loyola Marymount 91-54 (2/19), 2/21 vs. Pepperdine (8-19)  Tickets

18. Illinois  21-5 589 22
  Last Week: Def. Northwestern 60-59 (2/12), Def. Indiana 65-52 (2/15)
  This Week: Lost to Penn State 38-33 (2/18), 2/22 at Ohio State (17-7)  Tickets

19. Purdue  19-6 582 20
  Last Week: Def. Penn State 61-47 (2/11), Def. Iowa 49-45 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Michigan State 72-54 (2/17), Def. Indiana 81-67 (2/21)  Tickets

20. UCLA  19-6 473 11
  Last Week: Lost to Arizona State 74-67 (2/12), Lost to Arizona 84-72 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Washington 85-76 (2/19), Lost to Washington State 82-81 (2/21)  Tickets

21. Butler  22-3 373 15
  Last Week: Def. Illinois-Chicago 80-61 (2/13), Lost to Loyola (IL) 71-67 (2/15)
  This Week: Lost to Milwaukee 63-60 (2/18), Def. Davidson 75-63 (2/21)  Tickets

22. Washington  19-6 334 NR
  Last Week: Def. Oregon State 79-60 (2/12), Def. Oregon 103-84 (2/14)
  This Week: Lost to UCLA 85-76 (2/19), 2/21 at USC (16-9)  Tickets

23. LSU  21-4 294 NR
  Last Week: Def. Mississippi State 97-94 (2/11), Def. Mississippi 73-66 (2/14)
  This Week: Def. Arkansas 72-69 (2/18), 2/21 vs. Auburn (17-9)  Tickets

24. Syracuse  19-7 207 23
  Last Week: Lost to Connecticut 63-49 (2/11), Def. Georgetown 98-94 (2/14)
  This Week: 2/22 vs. Villanova (21-5)  Tickets

25. Dayton  23-3 194 NR
  Last Week: Def. Xavier 71-58 (2/11), Def. Richmond 69-63 (2/14)
  This Week: 2/21 at Saint Louis (16-10)  Tickets

[chapman]

8.  We move ahead of Michigan State and the loser of Duke/Wake.

[reinko]

8.  We move ahead of Michigan State and the loser of Duke/Wake.

+1

[mustever]

8.  We move ahead of Michigan State and the loser of Duke/Wake.

I agree we jump ahead of the Duke/WF loser and be at 8.

[ATWizJr]

8 in both polls and a 3 seed in bracketology.  Take a suck of that Pomeroy!

[Tugg Speedman]

MU got lucky ... in the previous two weeks when they lost a game, something like 14 to 16 of the top 25 also lost.  This week the losers are the top three and the bottom 5 or 6.  The "middle" basically won this week.

[Avenue Commons]

I guarantee we are in the Top 10 in both polls because ESPN will want to advertise the UConn game as "two top-10 teams" going against one another.

[legacy]

I guarantee we are in the Top 10 in both polls because ESPN will want to advertise the UConn game as "two top-10 teams" going against one another.

Are you implying that somehow ESPN rigs both the coaches and journalist polls, or was that supposed to be in teal?

In any case, I agree with the consensus that we'll be ranked 8.

[Eye]

I'll try that one. To be honest, I wouldn't be totally shocked if ESPN rigged their poll to get publicity for certain matchups. That would be about par for the course for them.

That being said, I'll agree with the consensus here that MU moves to 8, ahead of Mich St and the Wake/Duke loser.

[Bob "Big Daddy" Wild]

If MSU wins today, I don't know if we pass them.  Will be close in the total votes, IMO.

[Tugg Speedman]

#8 on AP, This crowd was not optimistic enough