A big weekend with lots of big games within the Top 25. Here's what happened and what it affected:
#2 UConn 88, #15 Gonzaga 83 (OT) - This overtime win at Gonzaga solidifies the Huskies at #2, while the Bulldogs fall to #21 after losing for the 2nd straight week.
#7 Pittsburgh 56, # 21 Florida State 48 - Pitt stayed undefeated on the road and moves into the top 5. FSU just barely holds on in the top 25, with losses only to Pitt and #23 Northwestern.
#17 Duke 82, #4 Xavier 64 - A neutral-court defeat—the Musketeers' first—drops them to #12 and puts the Blue Devils back in the top ten.
SportsRatings Top 25 - Week 6 (thru 12/21/2008) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
lw |
# |
Team |
Rec |
Big wins/losses |
1 |
1. |
North Carolina | 11-0 |
|
2 |
2. |
Connecticut | 10-0 |
w@GonzagaOT |
3 |
3. |
Wake Forest | 10-0 |
w=Baylor+9 |
5 |
4. |
Oklahoma | 11-0 |
|
7 |
5. |
Pittsburgh | 12-0 |
w@FSU+8 |
8 |
6. |
Ohio State | 8-0 |
wButler+3 |
10 |
7. |
Baylor | 9-1 |
L=Wake-13;w=ArizSt+9 |
12 |
8. |
Clemson | 12-0 |
|
14 |
9. |
Butler | 9-1 |
L@OSU-3;wNorthwestern+4 |
17 |
10. |
Duke | 10-1 |
L@Mich-8;w=Xavier+18 |
11 |
11. |
Villanova | 10-1 |
L=Texas-9 |
4 |
12. |
Xavier | 9-1 |
L=Duke-18 |
16 |
13. |
Dayton | 10-1 |
L Creighton-18;w=Marq+14 |
6 |
14. |
Syracuse | 11-1 |
L ClevelandSt-3 |
-- |
15. |
Stanford | 7-0 |
wNwestern+6 |
20 |
16. |
Georgetown | 8-1 |
L=Tenn-12 |
24 |
17. |
Minnesota | 10-0 |
w=Louisville+6 |
22 |
18. |
Arizona State | 9-1 |
L=Baylor-9,wBYU+1 |
13 |
19. |
BYU | 10-1 |
L@ASU-1 |
25 |
20. |
Illinois State | 11-0 |
|
15 |
21. |
Gonzaga | 8-2 |
L@Ariz-5,UConnOT;w=Tenn+9 |
-- |
22. |
Tennessee | 8-2 |
L@Tem-16,=Gon-9;w=Gt+12,Marq+12 |
18 |
23. |
Northwestern | 7-2 |
L@Butler-4,@Stan-6;wFSU+14 |
19 |
24. |
Marquette | 9-2 |
L=Dayton-14,@Tenn-12 |
21 |
25. |
Florida State | 11-2 |
L@Nwestern-14,Pitt-8 |
| out: | ||||
9 |
-- |
Texas | 9-2 |
L=ND-1,MichSt-4;w=Vill+9 |
23 |
-- |
Louisville | 7-2 |
L WKy-14,=Minn-6 |
#6 Syracuse 72, Memphis 65 -
The Orange get a big road win, but still fall to #14 due to their stunning loss to Cleveland State earlier in the week.
Stanford 65, #23 Northwestern 59 - The Carninal earn a spot in the top 25 with this win. Still unbeaten but with just seven wins, they come in at #15 while the Wildcats fall to #23.
#24 Minnesota 70, Louisville 64 - The Gophers remain unbeaten and knock the Cardinals out of the top 25.
#22 ASU 76, #13 BYU 75 - As close as a game can get, the Cougars' winning put-back was ruled to be too late. So I now rank them #18 and #19 accordingly.
Tennessee 80, #19 Marquette 68 - The Vols re-enter at #22 after this weekday win; they're the only top 25 team with two big wins currently. Marquette falls to #24.
Michigan State 67, #9 Texas 63 - The Longhorns got bitten by the Spartans again, and it sends Texas out of the top 25. They're behind Notre Dame and Michigan State, who is behind Maryland, and there wasn't room for all those teams, though all are deserving and will be back soon if they keep winning.
At this point all undefeated teams are in the top 25, with Stanford moving in and Illinois State moving up to #20, while LSU had a loss. Now the attention turns to 1-loss teams, including Illinois—who just beat Missouri—but there are so many deserving 2-loss teams that they'll probably have to move in by beating a current top 25 team.
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