Top 25 Polls & NET (1/12)

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Coaches Top 25 (1/12)

1	Arizona (29)	16-0	773 pts
2	Iowa State (1)	16-0	729
3	Michigan (1)	14-1	671
4	Connecticut	16-1	666
5	Purdue	15-1	634
6	Duke	15-1	606
7	Houston	15-1	579
8	Vanderbilt	16-0	557
9	Gonzaga	17-1	547
10	Nebraska	16-0	534
11	BYU	15-1	510
12	Michigan State	14-2	433
13	Illinois	13-3	378
14	Texas Tech	12-4	336
15	North Carolina	14-2	322
16	Virginia	14-2	272
17	Arkansas	12-4	237
18	Alabama	11-5	230
19	Louisville	12-4	198
20	Florida	11-5	145
21	Clemson	14-3	122
22	Georgia	14-2	105
23	Iowa	12-4	88
24	Utah State	14-1	78
25	Kansas	11-5	57

Dropped Out
Tennessee (#22), Villanova (#24), Southern Methodist (#25)

Others Receiving Votes
Tennessee (45), St. Louis (39), Villanova (34), St. Mary's (34), Seton Hall (29), St. John's (21), Southern Methodist (15), Miami (FL) (14), Texas A&M (13), Miami (OH) (8), Central Florida (6), Wisconsin (5), Ohio State (3), USC (1), Indiana (1)

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AP Top 25 (1/12)

1	Arizona (60)	16-0	1,524 pts
2	Iowa State (1)	16-0	1,448
3	Connecticut	16-1	1,358
4	Michigan	14-1	1,300
5	Purdue	15-1	1.253
6	Duke	15-1	1,237
7	Houston	15-1	1,130
8	Nebraska	16-0	1,056
9	Gonzaga	17-1	1,050
10	Vanderbilt	16-0	1,035
11	BYU	15-1	1,013
12	Michigan State	14-2	865
13	Illinois	13-3	778
14	North Carolina	14-2	659
15	Texas Tech	12-4	609
16	Virginia	14-2	515
17	Arkansas	12-4	492
18	Alabama	11-5	470
19	Florida	11-5	349
20	Louisville	12-4	336
21	Georgia	14-2	227
22	Clemson	14-3	218
23	Utah State	14-1	161
24	Tennessee	11-5	140
25	Seton Hall	14-2	136

Others Receiving Votes
St. Louis (92), Kansas (60), Iowa (58), Miami (OH) (49), Villanova (40), Wisconsin (37), Miami (FL) (30), Texas A&M (23), Central Florida (18), St. Mary's (17), Southern Methodist (15), Auburn (14), George Mason (8), North Carolina State (3), USC (1), St. John's (1)

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NCAA NET Rankings (1/12)
1. Michigan
2. Arizona
3. Iowa State
4. Duke
5. Purdue
6. Gonzaga
7. Vanderbilt
8. Connecticut
9. BYU
10. Illinois
11. Nebraska
12. Houston
13. Utah State
14. Michigan State
15. Florida
16. Virginia
17. Alabama
18. Louisville
19. Texas Tech
20. Iowa
21. St. Louis
22. Kansas
23. North Carolina
24. Southern Methodist
25. Georgia
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34. Indiana
39. Ohio State
40. Wisconsin
45. UCLA
46. USC
56. Washington
77. Northwestern
83. Minnesota
102. Oregon
104. Penn State
164. Maryland
168. Rutgers

 

[DukeSlater]

Surprised Iowa is #23 in the coaches, but then a #20 NET would indicate they should've stayed in the AP rankings too. Iowa has lost four games, three to #2 Iowa State on the road by 4 points, @ Minnesota by 3, and at home to #13 Illinois by 6. A shot here or there and you're looking at a one-loss team. I'm confident some other teams could make a similar case, but are those other teams #20 or better in the NET?

Anyway, it's a shame that the basketball season, so far, has a feel similar to the football season: A good, competitive team that can compete with most anyone but just can't quite get over the hump.

Throw in the flu that's been ravaging the Hawkeyes and, well, I guess nobody said it would be easy. And now all they have to do is visit #5 Purdue and the fellas from Bloomington. It could be a long week, but survive it the best you can and go on a run. What else can ya do?

BTW: Wisconsin winning @ Ann Arbor was a pretty big surprise. If Iowa is mostly healthy by Wednesday night, is there any way they could pull off a similar upset @ West Lafayette where ISU ran PU outta their own gym a while back?