UNC Takes Over No. 1 Spot in Polls


Posted Mar 3, 2008


The Associated Press and Coaches Polls were released Monday afternoon.

Associated Press Top-25 College Basketball Poll

Team (First-place votes)RecordPointsPrevious Rank
1. North Carolina Tar Heels (38) 27-2 1,745 3
2. Memphis Tigers (21) 28-1 1,706 2
3. U-C-L-A Bruins (12) 26-3 1,664 4
4. Tennessee Volunteers (1) 26-3 1,625 1
5. Kansas Jayhawks 26-3 1,459 6
6. Duke Blue Devils 25-3 1,403 7
7. Stanford Cardinal 24-4 1,317 8
8. Xavier Musketeers 25-4 1,232 9
9. Texas Longhorns 24-5 1,227 5
10. Wisconsin Badgers 24-4 1,199 10
11. Georgetown Hoyas 24-4 1,147 11
12. Louisville Cardinals 24-6 1,010 13
13. Connecticut Huskies 23-6 848 15
14. Butler Bulldogs 27-3 813 14
15. Purdue Boilermakers 23-6 779 16
16. Vanderbilt Commodores 24-5 658 18
17. Michigan State Spartans 23-6 657 19
18. Indiana Hoosiers 24-5 646 12
19. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 22-6 578 17
20. Drake Bulldogs 25-4 346 20
21. Marquette Golden Eagles 21-7 334 21
22. Gonzaga Bulldogs 23-6 323 24
23. Washington State Cougars 22-7 245 22
24. Clemson Tigers 21-7 124 NR
25. Davidson Wildcats 23-6 74 NR
Others receiving votes: B-Y-U 63, Mississippi State 34, South Alabama 27, Pittsburgh 25, Saint Mary's (CA) 22, Kent State 19, Miami-Florida 13, Baylor 7, U-S-C 7, U-A-B 7, Arizona State 4, Texas A&M 3, Virginia Commonwealth 3, Western Kentucky 3, Cornell 2, Robert Morris 1, Stephen F.Austin 1.

USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 College Basketball Poll

Team (First-place votes)RecordPointsPrevious Rank
1. North Carolina Tar Heels (19) 27-2 763 2
2. U-C-L-A Bruins (6) 26-3 718 4
3. Memphis Tigers (6) 28-1 717 3
4. Tennessee Volunteers 26-3 695 1
5. Duke Blue Devils 25-3 621 6
6. Kansas Jayhawks 26-3 618 7
7. Stanford Cardinal 24-4 572 8
8. Wisconsin Badgers 24-4 535 9
9. Texas Longhorns 24-5 533 5
10. Georgetown Hoyas 24-4 521 10
11. Xavier Musketeers 25-4 492 11
12. Butler Bulldogs 27-3 393 13
13. Louisville Cardinals 24-6 368 18
14. Connecticut Huskies 23-6 356 16
15. Purdue Boilermakers 23-6 314 19
16. Vanderbilt Commodores 24-5 305 14
17. Indiana Hoosiers 24-5 297 12
18. Michigan State Spartans 23-6 283 15
19. Notre Dame Fighting Irish 22-6 246 17
20. Marquette Golden Eagles 21-7 141 21
21. Drake Bulldogs 25-4 116 20
22. Washington State Cougars 22-7 102 22
23. Gonzaga Bulldogs 23-6 99 NR
24. B-Y-U Cougars 23-6 94 25
25. Mississippi State Bulldogs 20-8 44 NR
Others receiving votes: Clemson 43, St. Mary's-CA 29, Davidson 27, Pittsburgh 7, U-S-C 6, U-N-L-V 6, Baylor 5, Kentucky 4, South Alabama 3, Arizona State 1, Western Kentucky 1.


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