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Duke Unanimous Leader; Bearcats Leap to No. 4
From Associated Press Reports
with Staff Contributions
Cincinnati
(17-1), which holds the nation's longest winning streak at 17 games, entered
the AP college basketball poll five weeks ago. Since then, the Bearcats have
moved up every week. This week was no exception as the 'Cats leaped from
seventh to No. 4, their highest ranking since being No. 1 in the
next-to-last poll of the 1999-2000 season.
As for No. 1,
once again, it's all Duke. The Blue Devils (16-1) had been a unanimous No. 1
for five consecutive weeks earlier in the season before losing to Florida
State and falling to second. Duke dropped down for only one week before
going back on top. Following impressive wins over Maryland and Wake Forest,
the Blue Devils again got all 72 first-place votes.
Kansas
(15-2), which was No. 1 the week Duke wasn't on top, moved from fourth to
second following wins over Oklahoma State and Oklahoma last week. Maryland
(14-3), which rebounded from the loss to Duke with a win over Clemson,
stayed third.
Florida
(15-2), which lost to Georgia on Saturday, dropped from second to fifth and
was followed in the Top Ten by Oklahoma, Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois and
Arizona.
Oklahoma
State, which lost to Texas Tech as well as Kansas last week, dropped from
sixth to 11th and was followed in the Second Ten by Syracuse, UCLA, Alabama,
Georgia, Gonzaga, Stanford, Missouri, Oregon and Ohio State.
The last five
ranked teams were Wake Forest, Miami, Southern California, Texas and
Connecticut. Ohio State, Texas and Connecticut were all newcomers this week,
replacing Iowa, Boston College and Indiana.
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Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,
broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Bonesville.net contributed to this
report.
02/23/2007 11:03:29 AM
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