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2006-07 Men's Basketball Coaches and AP Polls

CleveBucks

Serenity now
Preseason poll is out. Buckeyes #4, with one first place vote (Florida got the other 30).

Defending national champion Florida opens preseason in top spot in Coaches' Poll

Defending national champion Florida, with its five starters returning, is No. 1 in the preseason USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Coaches' Poll.
The Gators received 30 of 31 first-place votes.

North Carolina is No. 2, Kansas sits at No. 3 and Ohio State, which got the other first-place vote, is No. 4.

UCLA, loser to Florida in the national championship game, is tied with Pittsburgh at No. 5.

Florida is only the second national champion to return five starters in at least 40 years.

One of the other two Final Four teams from last year also made the preseason poll. LSU opens at No. 7, followed by Georgetown, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Arizona, which won the 1997 NCAA Tournament, returned five starters in 1997-98. The Wildcats earned a top seed in that NCAA Tournament and lost to Utah in the round of eight to finish at 30-5.

After losing its top two scorers in Duke comes in next at No. 11, followed by Alabama, Texas A&M, Memphis and Boston College.

Washington will have to do without star Brandon Roy this season, but the Huskies should be fine as they open at No. 16. Next is Marquette, followed by Connecticut, Texas and Syracuse.

Georgia Tech swarms its way into the No. 21 position while Tubby Smith's Kentucky squad debuts at No. 22. Missouri Valley Conference member Creighton comes next at No. 23, followed by Tennessee and Nevada.

Complete Poll
 
I am a little suprised by the high ranking with the Oden injury still hanging over the team.....this may be a testament to Coach Matta and his ability to coach right now. Don't get me wrong, we have some quality players that are very talented but Oden is what makes us a final four threat. Regardless, great to see how far the program has come in just two short years.
 
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Ohio State moves up 2 spots in the AP. Currently hold the #5 spot.

Ohio St. moves up 2 spots in AP poll

Posted: Monday November 13, 2006 4:50PM; Updated: Monday November 13, 2006 4:54PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ohio State, waiting for heralded freshman Greg Oden to recover from surgery, moved up two spots in the first regular-season college basketball poll by The Associated Press.
While Florida, North Carolina, Kansas and Pittsburgh held the top four spots from the preseason rankings on Monday, the Buckeyes (3-0) jumped from seventh to fifth after winning the BCA Classic.
Ohio State has just one starter back from last season's Big Ten champions, but its early ranking was predicated on a five-man recruiting class considered one of the nation's best. The 7-foot-1 Oden, however, won't be available until January. He had surgery on his right wrist during the offseason and is continuing his rehabilitation.
The Buckeyes' home wins over VMI, Loyola of Chicago and Kent State were by an average of 24 points. Those performances vaulted them over two teams that didn't play last week -- UCLA, which stayed sixth, and LSU, which dropped from fifth to seventh.

Florida (1-0), which opened defense of its national championship with a 79-54 victory over Samford, was again a runaway No. 1. The Gators received 65 first-place votes from the 72-member national media panel, two more than they got in the preseason voting.
North Carolina, which opens its season against Sacred Heart on Tuesday night, was No. 1 on seven ballots, down from the nine it received in the preseason poll.
Kansas and Pittsburgh opened with wins over Northern Arizona and Western Michigan, respectively, and held third and fourth place.
Georgetown and Wisconsin were eighth and ninth as they were in the preseason poll, while Alabama moved up one spot to 10th.
Arizona was 10th in the preseason poll, but the Wildcats (0-1) were the only ranked team to lose last week, falling 93-90 at Virginia in the first game played in the John Paul Jones Arena. The loss dropped Arizona to 15th.
Duke moved up one spot to 11th and was followed by Texas A&M, Memphis, Boston College, Arizona, Marquette, Washington, Syracuse, Texas and Creighton. The last five ranked teams were Connecticut, Kentucky, Georgia Tech, Nevada and Tennessee.
Syracuse (3-0), which beat St. Francis, N.Y., Pennsylvania and UTEP in winning the BCA Invitational, jumped from 20th to No. 18. Texas (2-0) also moved up two places to 19th after beating Alcorn State and Chicago State in its first two games in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic.
Connecticut, which beat Quinnipiac 53-46 in its only game last week, dropped from 18th to 21st.

see entire poll:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...6/11/13/bc.bkc.t25.collegebkbpo.ap/index.html
 
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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New polls;
AP Top 25 1. Florida (66) 4-0 1,794
2. North Carolina (6) 3-0 1,720
3. Pittsburgh 5-0 1,519
4. Ohio State 4-0 1,518
5. UCLA 1-0 1,488
6. LSU 2-0 1,484
7. Wisconsin 3-0 1,335
8. Alabama 3-0 1,241
9. Duke 3-0 1,197
10. Kansas 2-1 1,114
11. Texas A&M 4-0 1,065
12. Memphis 1-0 919
13. Marquette 4-0 716
14. Georgetown 2-1 713
15. Arizona 2-1 706
16. Washington 4-0 640
17. Syracuse 4-0 571
18. Connecticut 4-0 476
19. Georgia Tech 3-0 414
20. Kentucky 2-0 400
21. Nevada 3-0 306
22. Tennessee 4-0 300
23. Boston College 1-1 266
24. Wichita State 3-0 223
25. Maryland 5-0 199OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Texas 181, Gonzaga 179, Southern Illinois 126, Virginia 118, Xavier 103, Louisville 71, Michigan State 56, Creighton 47, Florida State 44, Illinois 41, San Diego State 20, Butler 12, Arkansas 11, Oklahoma State 11, Virginia Tech 10, Air Force 7, Old Dominion 6, Mississippi State 5, Kansas State 5, Oregon 4, Houston 4, Oral Roberts 3, Michigan 3, Indiana 2, Bradley 2, Purdue 2, Villanova 1, Nebraska 1. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Texas 19, Creighton 20.
Complete RankingsWeek 3 ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. Florida (30) 4-0 774
2. North Carolina 3-0 738
3. Ohio State (1) 4-0 675
4. Pittsburgh 5-0 675
5. UCLA 1-0 630
6. LSU 2-0 605
7. Wisconsin 3-0 604
8. Duke 3-0 537
9. Alabama 3-0 464
10. Texas A&M 4-0 446
11. Memphis 1-0 419
12. Kansas 2-1 408
13. Washington 4-0 327
14. Syracuse 4-0 267
15. Arizona 2-1 249
16. Georgetown 2-1 247
17. Marquette 4-0 243
18. Connecticut 4-0 222
19. Georgia Tech 3-0 199
20. Nevada 3-0 170
21. Tennessee 4-0 140
22. Kentucky 2-0 138
23. Gonzaga 4-0 111
24. Maryland 5-0 107
25. Texas 3-1 104
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Boston College 96, Wichita State 92, Louisville 72, Michigan State 58, Xavier 50, Southern Illinois 43, Illinois 38, Air Force 34, San Diego State 30, Michigan 25, Oklahoma State 19, Texas Tech 11, Virginia 7, Oral Roberts 7, Butler 6, Winthrop 4, Creighton 2, Brigham Young 2, Oregon 2, Virginia Tech 1, George Washington 1. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS
Boston College 14, Creighton 25.
 
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USAToday

Nov. 27, 2006
Rank
School (first-place votes)
Record
Points
Last week's rank​
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1.
Ohio State (11)
6-0
740
3​
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2.
UCLA (13)
4-0
734
5​
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3.
Pittsburgh
6-0
708
4​
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4.
Florida (30)
6-1
690
1​
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5.
Kansas
5-1
572
12​
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6.
North Carolina
4-1
571
2​
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7.
Alabama
5-0
566
9​
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8.
Texas A&M
5-0
532
10​
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9.
Marquette
6-0
450
17​
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10.
Duke
5-1
424
8​
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11.
Washington
5-0
419
13​
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12.
LSU
2-1
379
6​
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13.
Wisconsin
5-1
373
7​
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14.
Syracuse
6-0
325
14​
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15.
Connecticut
5-0
308
18​
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16.
Arizona
3-1
298
15​
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17.
Memphis
3-1
263
11​
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18.
Butler
7-0
232
NR​
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19.
Maryland
7-0
209
24​
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20.
Nevada
5-0
205
20​
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21.
Gonzaga
6-1
201
23​
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22.
Wichita State
4-0
187
NR​
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23.
Georgetown
3-1
179
16​
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24.
Georgia Tech
5-1
175
19​
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25.
Texas
4-1
69
25​
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Dropped out: No. 21 Tennessee (2-1), No. 22 Kentucky (3-2).
Others receiving votes: Illinois 52; San Diego State 44; Michigan State 42; Air Force 35; Michigan 24; Oklahoma State 24; Arkansas 20; Kentucky 13; Xavier 10; Louisville 6; Tennessee 5; Creighton 4; Oral Roberts 4; Brigham Young 3; Oregon 3; Southern Illinois 2; Virginia 1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2006-07 season: Mike Adras, Northern Arizona; Dana Altman, Creighton; Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Ronnie Arrow, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Matt Brady, Marist; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Charlie Coles, Miami (Ohio); Dick Davey, Santa Clara; Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Pat Flannery, Bucknell; Tim Floyd, Southern California; Greg Graham, Boise State; Tom Green, Fairleigh Dickinson; Johnny Jones, North Texas; Jim Larranaga, George Mason; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph?s; Ron ?Fang? Mitchell, Coppin State; Dan Monson, Minnesota; Dave Odom, South Carolina; Doc Sadler, Nebraska; Joe Scott, Princeton; Jimmy Tillette, Samford; Bob Thomason, Pacific; Perry Watson, Detroit Mercy; Gary Williams, Maryland; Doug Wojcik, Tulsa; Ted Woodward, Maine; Rich Zvosec, Missouri-Kansas City.
 
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