Back in AP poll at #25

[Coachdags]

Lets win out and stay this time....



Here is the link...http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/5329436

[SMK4UNI]

What site did you find this on?

[UNI Prof]

There is an article on Sportsline, although they haven't yet updated their "polls" link. We are tied with Nevada for 25th. I'm not sure we deserve it (yet), but I'll take it.

[ColoradoPanther]

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9251115

Wow, surprised we got in above George Mason. Remember..... we were still only 1-1 this past week.

[DWadle1983]

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebas.../story/9251115

Wow, surprised we got in above George Mason. Remember..... we were still only 1-1 this past week.

George Mason is 25th on the ESPN Coaches poll while UNI is 28th tied with Bucknell. Yahoo has both polls up.

USA Today/ESPN: Feb 20

AP Top 25USA Today/ESPN Feb 20, 2006Feb 13, 2006Feb 6, 2006Jan 30, 2006Jan 23, 2006Jan 16, 2006Jan 9, 2006Jan 2, 2006Dec 26, 2005Dec 19, 2005Dec 12, 2005Dec 5, 2005Nov 28, 2005Nov 21, 2005Oct 31, 2005Oct 24, 2005Apr 11, 2005Mar 14, 2005Mar 7, 2005Feb 28, 2005Feb 21, 2005Feb 14, 2005Feb 7, 2005Jan 31, 2005Jan 24, 2005Jan 17, 2005Jan 10, 2005Jan 3, 2005Dec 27, 2004Dec 20, 2004Dec 13, 2004Dec 6, 2004Nov 29, 2004Nov 22, 2004Oct 25, 2004

The USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Men's College Basketball poll, with number of first-place votes and record, total points and previous ranking:

Records through Sun Feb 19, 2006
USA Today/ESPN Ranking
Rank Team Record Pts Last Week
1. Duke (26)
Last game: vs Miami (FL), W 92-71 (2/19)
Next game: at Georgia Tech (2/22)
(25-1) 770 2
2. Villanova
Last game: vs Georgetown, W 75-65 (2/19)
Next game: at Cincinnati (2/23)
(21-2) 730 4
3. Memphis (3)
Last game: at Tulane, W 105-65 (2/18)
Next game: vs UTEP (2/22)
(24-2) 706 3
4. Connecticut (2)
Last game: at West Virginia, W 81-75 (2/18)
Next game: vs Notre Dame (2/21)
(23-2) 700 1
5. Gonzaga
Last game: at Loyola Marymount, W 79-70 (2/18)
Next game: at Pepperdine (2/21)
(22-3) 645 5
6. Geo. Washington
Last game: at Richmond, W 64-51 (2/18)
Next game: vs La Salle (2/22)
(22-1) 594 8
7. Texas
Last game: at Oklahoma St., L 60-81 (2/19)
Next game: at Kansas St. (2/22)
(22-4) 568 6
8. Illinois
Last game: vs Indiana, W 70-58 (2/19)
Next game: at Michigan (2/21)
(22-4) 497 13
9. Florida
Last game: at Arkansas, L 81-85 (2/18)
Next game: vs Tennessee (2/22)
(22-4) 483 7
10. Pittsburgh
Last game: at Marquette, L 82-84 (2/18)
Next game: vs Providence (2/25)
(20-4) 473 9
11. Tennessee
Last game: at Alabama, L 79-92 (2/18)
Next game: at Florida (2/22)
(19-4) 457 10
12. Ohio St.
Last game: vs Northwestern, W 61-52 (2/18)
Next game: at Michigan St. (2/22)
(19-4) 431 12
13. Boston Coll.
Last game: vs Miami (FL), W 65-54 (2/16)
Next game: at Virginia (2/21)
(21-5) 428 15
14. N.C. State
Last game: at Virginia Tech, W 70-64 (2/18)
Next game: vs North Carolina (2/22)
(21-5) 366 18
15. West Virginia
Last game: vs Connecticut, L 75-81 (2/18)
Next game: at Syracuse (2/20)
(18-7) 298 11
16. Michigan St.
Last game: vs Michigan, W 90-71 (2/18)
Next game: vs Ohio St. (2/22)
(19-7) 280 16
17. UCLA
Last game: at USC, L 68-71 (2/19)
Next game: vs Oregon St. (2/23)
(20-6) 263 14
18. Kansas
Last game: vs Missouri, W 79-46 (2/18)
Next game: vs Baylor (2/21)
(19-6) 233 22
19. Washington
Last game: at Oregon St., W 96-63 (2/18)
Next game: vs Stanford (2/23)
(20-5) 197 21
20. Oklahoma
Last game: vs Iowa St., W 83-82 (2/18)
Next game: at Texas Tech (2/20)
(17-6) 178 19
21. North Carolina
Last game: at Wake Forest, W 83-72 (2/19)
Next game: at N.C. State (2/22)
(17-6) 167 23
22. Iowa
Last game: at Minnesota, L 61-74 (2/18)
Next game: at Illinois (2/25)
(20-7) 147 20
23. Georgetown
Last game: at Villanova, L 65-75 (2/19)
Next game: vs Rutgers (2/22)
(17-7) 141 17
24. LSU
Last game: at Auburn, W 65-61 (2/18)
Next game: at Vanderbilt (2/22)
(18-7) 99 25
25. George Mason
Last game: at Wichita St., W 70-67 (2/18)
Next game: at Hofstra (2/23)
(21-5) 48 NR


Dropped Out: No. 24 Bucknell

Others Receiving Votes: Wisconsin 32, UAB 23, Northern Iowa 21, Bucknell 21, Nevada 17, Colorado 10, Marquette 9, California 8, Iona 6, Alabama 5, San Diego St. 5, Murray St. 5, West. Kentucky 4, Michigan 4, Air Force 3

[ceaser150]

Congratulations, Panthers. I really didn't see this one coming. Goes to show you how valuable a win on national television is.

[irishpanther]

Yeah on Espn they have us on the AP poll tied with Neveda which i have really never seen 26 teams in the top 25 before.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankingsindex

[UNI MadCat]

Goes to show you how valuable a win on national television is.

Undoubtedly.

I was driving back from lunch today thinking, "hey, I bet there is at least a shot," but I'm still a bit suprised. I honestly think this is even more of a pat on the back this time around than it was the first time we got in!!

[panther2317]

A win on national television vs. a RANKED opponent is key.

[TH1974]

Kind of a suprise, but a pleasant one, for sure! I wasn't expecting it.

[Khan4Cats]

R-e-s-p-e-c-t

Consider this:
Two teams from the state of Iowa had similar weeks last week.
One entered was ranked last week and moving up, one had dropped out.
Both teams played a ranked team at home, both had an unranked foe on the road.
Both teams beat their ranked foe and lost on the road.
This week, the team that was ranked slipped some in the polls after going 1-1.
The unranked team became ranked again after also going 1-1.

I think we have earned a certain amount of respect , not that you'll hear this comparison on the local Iowa news.

Khan

[TC is Hot]

who'd a thought we'd close the dome as a ranked team? pretty awesome.