MU #8 in ESPN/USA Today

[drewm88]

Duke #1. Louisville jumped over us to #7.

[Hards Alumni]

sounds about right.

[Sir Lawrence]

    ND at #22

        1.   Duke (30)    18-1   774   2
   2.   Connecticut (1)    18-1   733   3
   3.   Pittsburgh   18-1   706   4
   4.   Wake Forest    16-1   666   1
   5.   Oklahoma   19-1   663   5
   6.   North Carolina   17-2   636   6
   7.   Louisville   15-3   547   12
   8.    Marquette   17-2   538   10
   9.   Michigan State   16-3   475   7
   10.   Xavier   17-2   458   13
   11.   Clemson   17-2   425   9
   12.   Texas   14-4   402   15
   13.   Butler   18-1   384   17
   14.   Arizona State   16-3   378   16
   15.   Syracuse   17-4   321   8
   16.   UCLA   15-4   311   11
   17.   Purdue   15-4   267   18
   18.   Saint Mary's   18-1   212   22
   19.   Memphis   16-3   193   24 (tie)
   20.   Illinois   17-3   181   24 (tie)
   21.   Villanova   15-4   113   21
   22.   Notre Dame   12-6   97   19
   23.   Georgetown   12-6   92   14
   24.   Minnesota   17-3   84   20
   25.   Gonzaga   14-4   60   NR

Dropped out: No. 23 Baylor.

Others receiving votes: Florida (17-3) 59; Utah State (19-1) 56; Kentucky (16-4) 50; Baylor (15-4) 42; Washington (15-4) 41; California (16-4) 31; Missouri (17-3) 22; Dayton (18-2) 18; Davidson (16-3) 14; Kansas (15-4) 13; Brigham Young (15-4) 6; Florida State (16-4) 3; UNLV (16-4) 2; Virginia Tech (14-5) 1; West Virginia (14-5) 1.

[YoungMUFan4]

surprising to see ND and G'town still in the top 25 with 6 losses.

[MR.HAYWARD]

surprising to see ND and G'town still in the top 25 with 6 losses.

I think if you look at their schedule and who they lost too it makes sense.  take a bunch of those pretenders...ie Minnesota and give them ND or Gtowns schedule and they would have an even worse record....I know Minny beat Loserville my point stands.  The coaches polls tend to be based more on how good a team is and the AP more on record.  Would not be surprised if ND and GT fall further in the AP>

loserville got us by 9 votes.

[HomeCourtAdvantage]

Second best 2 loss team - Only NC is ahead of us.

[CTWarrior]

8 Big East teams, 4 in top 10, but almost no support for West Virginia.  I think they're every bit as good as the lowest three ranked Big East teams.