Bulldogs No. 23 In USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll
12/10/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 10, 2007
MCLEAN, Virginia (Ticker) -- After a quiet week, there was virtually no movement in the latest USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll released Monday.
The top-10 teams remained unchanged, headed by North Carolina, which routed Pennsylvania, 106-71, in its only game last week.
The Tar Heels, who improved to 8-0, received 763 points and 25 of 31 first-place votes to stay ahead of Memphis.
The Tigers (7-0) survived a scare, holding off Southern California, 62-58 in overtime in their only action of the week.
Memphis garnered 740 points and four first-place ballots.
Kansas (9-0) and Georgetown (7-0), who are third and fourth, respectively, each collected one first-place vote.
Texas (9-0) is fifth, followed by Washington State (9-0), Duke (9-0), UCLA (8-1), Pittsburgh (9-0) and Michigan State (8-1).
The top-10 teams have a combined record of 83-2.
The new poll featured only one newcomer - No. 24 St. Mary's (7-0), which has wins over Oregon and Seton Hall this seaon.
Butler (8-1) suffered the biggest fall of the week, dropping six spots to No. 19 after suffering its first loss of the season, a 43-42 defeat to Wright State on Saturday.
Tennessee (8-1) is 11th, followed by Texas A&M (8-1), Marquette (6-1), Indiana (8-1), Clemson (8-0), Oregon (7-1), Xavier (7-1), Villanova (7-1), Butler and Louisville (5-2).
Vanderbilt (9-0) jumped four spots to 21st after wins over Wake Forest and Lipscomb.
Arizona (6-2), which will be without coach Lute Olson for the balance of the season, Gonzaga (8-2), St. Mary's and Brigham Young (7-2) complete the poll.
Gonzaga fell four spots after going 1-1 for the week, falling at home to Washington State 51-47 and then rebounding to defeat Cal State Northridge 85-59 Saturday.
No. 23 Wisconsin dropped out following Saturday's 81-76 defeat to Marquette.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches Top 25 college basketballcoaches' poll, with number of first-place votes and recordin parentheses, total points and previous ranking:(Records through December 9, 2007) TEAM PTS PVS ---- --- --- 1. NORTH CAROLINA (25) (8-0) 763 1 2. MEMPHIS (4) (7-0) 740 2 3. KANSAS (1) (9-0) 717 3 4. GEORGETOWN (1) (7-0) 669 4 5. TEXAS (9-0) 635 5 6. WASHINGTON ST (9-0) 608 6 7. DUKE (9-0) 594 7 8. UCLA (8-1) 582 8 9. PITTSBURGH (9-0) 487 910. MICHIGAN ST (8-1) 481 1011. TENNESSEE (8-1) 430 1212. TEXAS A&M (8-1) 407 1413. MARQUETTE (6-1) 391 1514. INDIANA (8-1) 385 1515. CLEMSON (8-0) 295 1716. OREGON (7-1) 292 1817. XAVIER (7-1) 257 2018. VILLANOVA (7-1) 195 2119. BUTLER (8-1) 185 1320. LOUISVILLE (5-2) 174 1121. VANDERBILT (9-0) 164 2522. ARIZONA (6-2) 148 2423. GONZAGA (8-2) 138 1924. SAINT MARYS CA (7-0) 73 NR25. BYU (7-2) 59 22Dropped Out: No. 23 WISCONSINOthers Receiving Votes: MIAMI FL 35, ARKANSAS 31, STANFORD24, RHODE ISLAND 23, CALIFORNIA 17, FLORIDA 16, USC 10,WISCONSIN 10, VIRGINIA 9, CONNECTICUT 8, WEST VIRGINIA 6,SOUTHN ILLINOIS 5, SYRACUSE 5, ILLINOIS 3, FLORIDA ST 2,DAYTON 1, OLE MISS 1.
