Monday, November 29, 2004

AP Poll - Week of Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

Virginia moved into The Associated Press' men's college basketball Top 25 Monday, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference a record-tying seven teams in the poll. Wake Forest extended its lead at No. 1, the Cavaliers were No. 24, and there were five other conference schools in between, matching the feat accomplished twice by the Big Ten and once by the ACC. The other ranked ACC teams were No. 4 Georgia Tech, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 10 Duke, No. 12 Maryland and No. 16 North Carolina State.

AP Top 25
Rank Team (First-place) Record Pts Pvs
1. Wake Forest (40) 5-0 1,737 1
2. Kansas (18) 2-0 1,678 2
3. Syracuse (4) 5-0 1,582 4
4. Georgia Tech (7) 3-0 1,580 3
5. Illinois (1) 4-0 1,540 5
6. Oklahoma St. (2) 3-0 1,420 6
7. Connecticut 1-0 1,329 7
8. Kentucky 3-0 1,284 8
9. North Carolina 4-1 1,134 11
10. Duke 3-0 1,129 9
11. Michigan St. 3-0 1,073 10
12. Maryland 3-0 1,018 13
13. Pittsburgh 3-0 782 16
14. Washington 4-0 770 22
15. Mississippi St. 5-1 743 14
16. N.C. State 4-0 722 17
17. Louisville 3-1 584 12
18. Texas 3-1 507 15
19. Florida 3-0 447 23
20. Notre Dame 3-0 442 21
21. Arizona 3-2 413 18
22. Alabama 4-1 381 19
23. Iowa 3-1 367 --
24. Virginia 4-0 235 --
25. Wisconsin 2-1 114 20

Monday, November 22, 2004

AP Poll - Week Of November 22-29

Wake Forest (2-0) took the top spot from Kansas in the lastest AP poll, thanks to the Jayhawks' unimpressive 68-61 win over Vermont.

AP Top 25
(first place votes in parentheses)

1. Wake (25) 2-0 1,658 2
2. Kansas (26) 1-0 1,637 1
3. Ga. Tech (11) 1-0 1,585 3
4. Syracuse(4) 4-0 1,549 5
5. Illinois (1) 2-0 1,450 6
6. Oklahoma St. (2) 1-0 1,386 7
7. Connecticut 1-0 1,302 8
8. Kentucky (1) 1-0 1,236 9
9. Duke 1-0 1,064 11
10. Michigan St. 1-0 964 13
11. North Carolina 0-1 934 4
12. Louisville 1-0 918 14
13. Maryland 1-0 833 15
14. Mississippi St. 4-1 746 12
15. Texas 1-0 707 16
16. Pittsburgh 1-0 687 17
17. N.C. State 3-0 576 19
18. Arizona 2-1 565 10
19. Alabama 2-0 556 18
20. Wisconsin 1-0 399 21
21. Notre Dame 1-0 386 20
22. Washington 1-0 337 22
23. Florida 1-0 317 23
24. Gonzaga 2-0 218 25
25. Memphis 3-1 213 24
Others receiving votes: Virginia 151, Stanford 73, Michigan 64, Providence 40, Charlotte 35, Oklahoma 25, S. Illinois 24, Cincinnati 22, Utah 17, Boston College 14, New Mexico 9, UTEP 7, ETSU 6, Santa Clara 5, UAB 5, Tennessee 4, Marquette 3, Rice 3, UNLV 3, Vermont 3, Air Force 2, George Washington 2, Indiana 2, LSU 2, Oregon 2, Davidson 1, DePaul 1, Iowa St. 1, Vanderbilt 1.


Tuesday, November 16, 2004

SI's 2004-2005 College Basketball Preview

This week's Sports Illustrated features the magazine's College Basketball Preview. North Carolina is their pick to win it all, and Rashad McCants graces the cover. Their Top 20 teams are previewed in-depth, along with some quick hits on the rest of their projected field of 65. Enjoy...

SI's College Basketball Preview - The Top 20
SI's College Basketball Preview - The Best of the Rest


Monday, November 15, 2004

The Bracketology 101 Rivals Make Their First Projections

Bracketology 101 Readers,

Joe Lunardi (ESPN.com) and Tony Mejia (cbs.sportsline.com) have just released their first tournament projections. Why they do them before 90% of D-I teams have even played a regular season game I have no idea, but here they are...

Lunardi's Projections
Mejia's Projections

Monday's News - Big East, 2-in-4 Lawsuit, New AP Rankings

A quick recap of Monday's college basketball news...

Big East: One 16-Team Division in 2005-2006
Court Ruling Upholds 2-in-4 Rule
'Cuse-Illinois Switch Only Change In New AP Poll

Sunday, November 14, 2004

SI On Campus - Most Lovable & Hateable Programs

From Sports Illustrated On Campus - the easiest college programs to root for and the easist college programs to root against. Good stuff...

10 Most Rootable Teams

10 Least Rootable Teams

Saturday, November 13, 2004

Scout.com's Top 25 Recruiting Classes

Next year's Top 25 recruiting classes, as ranked by Scout.com. Duke, with its five high-ranking incoming frosh, lead the list, followed by Kansas and Louisville.

Scout.com's Top 25 '05 Recruiting Classes

Friday Night's Scoreboard

Here are the highlights from Friday's night's college basketball schedule...

Zone Helps 'Cuse Get Past Princeton
Mississippi State Wins Again Without Roberts
St. Mary's Shocks Cal In Coaches vs. Cancer

UNC's Felton Suspended One Game By NCAA

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Sports Illustrated College Basketball Predictions

SI.com's college hoops gang - Kelli Anderson, Seth Davis, Stewart Mandel, Grant Wahl and Luke Winn - offer their picks for the upcoming season.


Sports Illustrated College Basketball Predictions

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Blue Ribbon College Yearbook Team Previews

Previews of Connecticut, last season's NCAA Champion, and Wake Forest, are available to all readers, but only ESPN Insiders get access to previews of every team.

NCAA Basketball Team Previews - Blue Ribbon


Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Preseason All-America Team

Released 11-9-04

The Associated Press' 2004-05 preseason All-America team, with school, year, height, votes from a 72-member national media panel and averages from last season:

Chris Paul, Wake Forest, so, 6-0, g, 55 votes, 14.8 pts, 5.9 asts.

Lawrence Roberts, Mississippi State, sr, 6-9, f, 50, 16.9 pts, 10.1 rebs.

Wayne Simien, Kansas, sr, 6-9, f, 50, 17.8 pts, 9.3 rebs.

Julius Hodge, North Carolina State, sr, 6-6, g-f, 41, 18.2 pts, 6.4 rebs.

Hakim Warrick, Syracuse, sr, 6-8, f, 33, 19.8 pts, 8.6 rebs.

Others receiving votes (in alphabetical order): Dee Brown, Illinois; Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont; Travis Diener, Marquette; Ike Diogu, Arizona State; B.J. Elder, Georgia Tech; Raymond Felton, North Carolina; Channing Frye, Arizona; Francisco Garcia, Louisville; J.R. Giddens, Kansas; John Gilchrist, Maryland; Ryan Gomes, Providence; Joey Graham, Oklahoma State; Jarrett Jack, Georgia Tech; John Lucas, Oklahoma State; Sean May, North Carolina; Rashad McCants, North Carolina; Gerry McNamara, Syracuse; J.J. Redick, Duke; Nate Robinson, Washington; Luke Schenscher, Georgia Tech; Craig Smith, Boston College; Chris Thomas, Notre Dame; Ronny Turiaf, Gonzaga; Charlie Villaneuva, Connecticut; Deron Williams, Illinois; Shelden Williams, Duke.

Monday, November 08, 2004

Athlon Sports College Basketball Preview

Check this out from Athlon Sports...season previews for 102 D-I college basketball teams.

College Basketball Preview

AP Preseason Top 25

AP Preseason Top 25
(with first-place votes in parentheses)

Released 11-8-04

Rk. Team Rec. Pts. Prv.
1 Kansas (25) 24-9 1,697 16
2 Wake Forest (22) 21-10 1,680 17
3 Georgia Tech (10) 28-10 1,567 14
4 North Carolina (10) 19-11 1,558 18
5 Illinois (2) 26-7 1,457 13
6 Syracuse 23-8 1,452 20
7 Oklahoma St. (2) 31-4 1,342 4
8 Connecticut 33-6 1,281 7
9 Kentucky (1) 27-5 1,177 2
10 Arizona 20-10 1,061 22
11 Duke 31-6 981 5
12 Mississippi St. 26-4 913 8
13 Michigan St. 18-12 910 --
14 Louisville 20-10 876 --
15 Maryland 20-12 765 19
16 Texas 25-8 671 12
17 Pittsburgh 31-5 596 9
18 Alabama 20-13 510 --
19 N.C. State 21-10 490 15
20 Notre Dame 19-13 429 --
21 Wisconsin 25-7 378 10
22 Washington 19-12 355 --
23 Florida 20-11 337 --
24 Memphis 22-8 283 24
25 Gonzaga 28-3 215 3

Others receiving votes: Stanford 90, Michigan 74, Charlotte 37, Providence 32, S. Illinois 31, Utah 31, Cincinnati 30, Oklahoma 28, Boston College 7, UTEP 7, George Washington 6, UAB 6, Xavier 5, ETSU 4, LSU 4, Tennessee 4, Toledo 4, UCLA 4, UNLV 4, Iowa St. 2, Oregon 2, Rice 2, DePaul 1, Indiana 1, Va. Commonwealth 1, Vanderbilt 1, Vermont 1.

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