Bulldogs Fall A Notch In AP Top 25
12/29/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec 29, 2003
SPOKANE, Wash. - The pollsters weren't impressed with Gonzaga University's 96-58 thumping of Washington State University on Sunday night in The Kennel, the Bulldogs falling one notch to 16th in this week's Associated Press Top 25.
Although the Top 10 teams remained the same, the order was juggled from a week ago. No. 1 University of Connecticut, No. 7 University of Oklahoma, No. 9 University of North Carolina and No. 10 Saint Joseph's University all retained their spots from the previous week. UConn received 37 first-place votes to hold less than a 100 point lead over Duke University, which jumped from third to second. The University of Kentucky, ranked No. 2 last week, fell to No. 8 after losing to Louisville University. That propelled the Cardinals from 20th to No. 11.
Gonzaga, which fell from 13th to 15th a week ago after a loss to Stanford, was leap frogged by the University of Pittsburgh. The 12-0 Panthers hold a 5-point lead over the 8-2 Bulldogs.
Gonzaga is back in action Wednesday in the Spokane Arena against Eastern Washington University, then returns to The Kennel on Sunday to face the University of Montana. Both games are sold out.
By The Associated Press
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 28, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut (37) 9-1 1,711 1 2. Duke (5) 8-1 1,623 3 3. Georgia Tech (21) 11-0 1,606 4 4. Arizona (4) 7-1 1,442 5 5. Stanford (3) 9-0 1,427 6 6. Wake Forest (1) 7-0 1,389 8 7. Oklahoma 8-0 1,359 7 8. Kentucky 7-1 1,300 2 9. North Carolina 7-1 1,192 910. Saint Joseph's 9-0 1,183 1011. Louisville 7-1 985 2012. Cincinnati 8-0 940 1413. Kansas 6-2 868 1214. Florida 8-2 815 1315. Pittsburgh 12-0 763 1616. Gonzaga 8-2 758 1517. Syracuse 7-1 665 1718. Wisconsin 8-1 625 1919. Texas 5-2 511 1820. Illinois 7-2 460 2121. Purdue 9-2 320 2222. Vanderbilt 9-0 238 2523. Missouri 4-3 178 1124. Mississippi St. 10-0 139 -25. Marquette 8-2 135 -
Others receiving votes: Florida St. 106, Providence 60, Dayton 54, Creighton 35, Maryland 31, LSU 27, Texas Tech 26, Memphis 21, Michigan 16, Oklahoma St. 10, BYU 9, Boston College 9, South Carolina 9, Colorado 8, Utah 6, Michigan St. 3, Iowa 2, Iowa St. 2, Rhode Island 2, SMU 2, UTEP 2, Virginia 2, Utah St. 1.
