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Tigers Move up in Basketball Polls

Tigers Move up in Basketball Polls


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USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 men's basketball coaches' poll


March 9, 2009 

Rank School Record Points Previous

1. North Carolina 27-3 767 2

2. Pittsburgh 28-3 740 4

3. Memphis (4) 28-3 702 3

4. Connecticut (27) 27-3 679 1

5. Louisville 25-5 659 6

6. Michigan State 25-5 608 8

7. Oklahoma 27-4 592 5

8. Duke 25-6 545 7

9. Wake Forest 24-5 532 10

10. Washington 24-7 466 13

11. Kansas 25-6 444 9

12. Gonzaga 25-5 426 14

13. Villanova 25-6 410 16

14. UCLA 24-7 369 17

15. Missouri 25-6 327 12

16. LSU 25-6 274 11

17. Butler 26-4 251 22

18. Clemson 23-7 223 19

19. Xavier 24-6 196 18

20. Syracuse 23-8 182 25

21. Marquette 23-8 157 15

22. Florida State 23-8 135 24

23. Arizona State 22-8 133 21

24. Purdue 22-9 68 20

25. Illinois 23-8 57 23

Dropped out: None.

Others receiving votes: Creighton 52, BYU 41, Utah 22, Saint Mary's, Calif. 13, Dayton 11, West Virginia 10, Davidson 9, Texas 9, California 8, Providence 7, South Carolina 7, Washington St. 4, Arizona 3, Oklahoma St. 2, American U. 1, Boston College 1, Rhode Island 1, Utah St. 1.

AP Top 25


RK TEAM 			REC  PTS LAST 

1 North Carolina (35) 27-3 1734 2

2 Pittsburgh (33) 28-3 1731 3

3 Connecticut 27-3 1592 1

4 Memphis (2) 28-3 1544 5

5 Louisville (1) 25-5 1513 6

6 Oklahoma 27-4 1399 4

7 Michigan St. 25-5 1349 8

8 Wake Forest 24-5 1246 10

9 Duke 25-6 1237 7

10 Villanova 25-6 1108 11

11 Kansas 25-6 1038 9

12 Gonzaga 25-5 978 14

13 Washington 24-7 910 16

14 Missouri 25-6 779 15

15 UCLA 24-7 752 20

16 Butler 26-4 536 22

17 Clemson 23-7 528 18

18 Syracuse 23-8 518 25

19 Xavier 24-6 465 17

20 LSU 25-6 461 12

21 Marquette 23-8 453 13

22 Florida St. 23-8 333 24

23 Arizona St. 22-8 199 21

24 Purdue 22-9 169 19

25 BYU 24-6 158 NR

Others receiving votes: Illinois 131, Texas A&M 63, Saint Mary's, Calif. 56, Utah 21, West Virginia 17, Auburn 9, Dayton 7, Utah St. 6, Va. Commonwealth 6, Weber St. 5, Creighton 4, N. Iowa 3, Oklahoma St. 3, Siena 3, California 2, New Mexico 2, Penn St. 2, Texas 2, American U. 1, Ohio St. 1, Tennessee 1.

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