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The latest rankings from the USAToday Coaches Poll has the Missouri Tigers (16-1) once again climbing the Top 25, now reaching the No. 5 slot.
After earning a No. 9 ranking last week, the Tigers did little to impress on the court, beating two unranked teams by not-so-impressive margins, but instead benefited from the struggles of other highly-ranked teams -- including the Ohio St. Buckeyes (dropping from No. 5 to No. 6), the North Carolina Tar Heels (No. 3 to 8), the Michigan St. Spartans (No. 7 to 9) and the Indiana Hoosiers (No. 8 to 13).
The Tigers square off against the Texas A&M Aggies on Monday night in another Big 12 Conference matchup.
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
|
|
1.
|
Syracuse (31) |
19-0
|
775
|
1
|
|
|
2.
|
Kentucky |
17-1
|
742
|
2
|
|
|
3.
|
Baylor |
17-0
|
714
|
4
|
|
|
4.
|
Duke |
15-2
|
654
|
6
|
|
|
5.
|
Missouri |
16-1
|
629
|
9
|
|
|
6.
|
Ohio State |
16-3
|
619
|
5
|
|
|
7.
|
Kansas |
14-3
|
591
|
10
|
|
|
8.
|
North Carolina |
15-3
|
569
|
3
|
|
|
9.
|
Michigan State |
15-3
|
509
|
7
|
|
|
10.
|
Murray State |
18-0
|
449
|
14
|
|
|
11.
|
Connecticut |
14-3
|
416
|
16
|
|
|
12.
|
Georgetown |
14-3
|
410
|
11
|
|
|
13.
|
Indiana |
15-3
|
358
|
8
|
|
|
14.
|
Florida |
14-4
|
304
|
19
|
|
|
15.
|
Mississippi State |
15-3
|
288
|
20
|
|
|
16.
|
San Diego State |
15-2
|
282
|
22
|
|
|
17.
|
Virginia |
14-2
|
269
|
17
|
|
|
18.
|
Creighton |
16-2
|
260
|
21
|
|
|
19.
|
Michigan |
14-4
|
259
|
13
|
|
|
20.
|
UNLV |
16-3
|
252
|
12
|
|
|
21.
|
Louisville |
14-4
|
130
|
15
|
|
|
22.
|
Marquette |
14-4
|
119
|
24
|
|
|
23.
|
Saint Mary's |
17-2
|
100
|
NR
|
|
|
24.
|
Harvard |
15-2
|
61
|
25
|
|
|
25.
|
Illinois |
15-3
|
58
|
NR
|
|
| Dropped out | |||||
| No. 18 Kansas State, No. 23 Gonzaga. | |||||
| Others receiving votes | |||||
| Vanderbilt (13-4) 47; Kansas State (12-4) 46; New Mexico (15-2) 41; Wisconsin (14-5) 27; Gonzaga (14-3) 21; Middle Tennessee (17-2) 21; Seton Hall (15-3) 16; West Virginia (13-5) 13; Wichita State (15-3) 13; Alabama (13-4) 7; Nevada (14-3) 3; California (15-4) 2; Brigham Young (15-4) 1. | |||||
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