#16 in USA Today/ESPN poll

[Sir Lawrence]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. Memphis (31) 21-0 775
2. Duke 19-1 727
3. North Carolina 21-1 709
4. UCLA 20-2 669
5. Kansas 21-1 668
6. Georgetown 18-2 626
7. Tennessee 19-2 590
8. Wisconsin 18-3 517
9. Stanford 18-3 504
10. Michigan State 19-3 466
11. Butler 19-2 453
12. Texas 17-4 391
13. Indiana 18-3 364
14. Xavier 18-4 338
15. Drake 20-1 334
16. Marquette 16-4 317
17. Washington State 17-4 310
18. Texas A&M 18-4 227
19. Connecticut 16-5 192
20. Vanderbilt 18-4 121
21. Notre Dame 16-4 107
22. Florida 18-4 106
23. Saint Mary's 18-3 96
24. Kansas State 15-5 91
25. Pittsburgh 17-5 72
Others Receiving Votes
Rhode Island 69, Purdue 41, Mississippi 40, Arkansas 29, Arizona 21, UNLV 17, Mississippi State 16, Louisville 15, Baylor 15, Gonzaga 10, Clemson 9, USC 8, Miami (FL) 3, Dayton 3, Brigham Young 3, California 3, Villanova 2, South Alabama 1.
Dropped From Rankings
Mississippi 22, Mississippi State 25.

[muhoosier260]

wow, uconn goes from unranked to 19th, deservedly so.

[CTWarrior]

Who the heck is still voting for Villanova?

[Gwaki]

We are also #16 in the AP poll

[MARQTTE]

some things I noticed:
1. 5 Big East teams in the top 25
2. ACC only has 2 teams and nothing even close after that
3. Big Televen has 3 teams in top 25 with Purdue barely missing. 

Hopefully our relatively tougher conference will better prepare us come tournament time.