April 6, 2010
McLEAN, Va. - Gonzaga University finished 23rd in the final USA Today/ESPN Top 25 men's basketball poll.
National champion Duke University received all 31 first-place votes in earning the top spot, while national runner-up Butler University climbed from eighth to second in the final poll.
Gonzaga went 27-7 this season, won a 10th straight West Coast Conference regular-season title and advanced to the title game of the WCC Tournament for the 13th straight season.
The Bulldogs finished ranked in the final USA Today/ESPN poll for the second straight season after finishing 13th a year ago.
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 April 05, 2010) TEAM PTS PVS ---- --- --- 1. DUKE (31) (35-5) 775 3 2. BUTLER (33-5) 739 8 3. WEST VIRGINIA (31-7) 696 5 4. MICHIGAN ST (28-9) 654 12 5. KENTUCKY (35-3) 650 2 6. KANSAS (33-3) 604 1 7. KANSAS ST (29-8) 573 7 8. SYRACUSE (30-5) 554 4 9. TENNESSEE (28-9) 494 1410. BAYLOR (28-8) 487 2111. OHIO ST (29-8) 483 612. PURDUE (29-6) 448 1113. NORTHERN IOWA (30-5) 344 2414. XAVIER (26-9) 271 NR15. VILLANOVA (25-8) 267 916. NEW MEXICO (30-5) 229 1017. CORNELL (29-5) 225 NR18. MARYLAND (24-9) 201 2019. SAINT MARYS CA (28-6) 198 NR20. PITTSBURGH (25-9) 182 1621. WASHINGTON (26-10) 163 NR22. BYU (30-6) 161 1623. GONZAGA (27-7) 141 1824. WISCONSIN (24-9) 140 1925. TEXAS A&M (24-10) 136 23Dropped Out: No. 24 NORTHERN IOWA, No. 25 UTEPOthers Receiving Votes: GEORGETOWN 92, TEMPLE 83, GEORGIATECH 29, VANDERBILT 21, CALIFORNIA 14, MURRAY ST 12,MISSOURI 5, DAYTON 3, OLD DOMINION 1
