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01-04-2005, 12:31 PM
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By JIM O'CONNELL, AP Basketball Writer
January 3, 2005
The Atlantic Coast Conference's record run of seven ranked teams came to an end Monday.
The Big East provided the two unbeaten replacements -- West Virginia and Boston College -- and tied the ACC with five schools in The Associated Press Top 25.
Illinois and Kansas remained 1-2 in the poll for the fifth straight week. That's how long the ACC had seven teams in the Top 25, the longest run ever with that many.
North Carolina State lost two straight nonconference games and fell from 17th, while Virginia lost its conference opener to Wake Forest and dropped from No. 25.
The Big Ten had seven ranked teams for four weeks in January 1999. The other times it happened were for two weeks in December 1997 by the ACC and for one week in January 1993 by the Big Ten.
Illinois (14-0) had three easy wins last week, including a 22-point victory over Cincinnati, and received 62 first-place votes and 1,787 points from the national media panel.
Kansas (9-0) stayed second for the seventh straight week with a dramatic overtime win over Georgia Tech, winning for the second time without injured preseason All-America Wayne Simien. The Jayhawks got the other 10 No. 1 votes and 1,724 points.
North Carolina, Wake Forest and Duke, all part of the ACC's record group, each moved up one spot to third through fifth. Syracuse, the first of the Big East teams, moved up one place to sixth.
Oklahoma State, which lost 78-75 to Gonzaga, dropped from third to No. 7 and was followed by Kentucky, Georgia Tech and Connecticut.
Gonzaga followed the win over Oklahoma State with a loss at Missouri and climbed from 12th to 11. The Bulldogs were followed by Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Mississippi State, Alabama and Michigan State.
The last five ranked teams were West Virginia, Maryland, Cincinnati, George Washington and Boston College.
Georgia Tech and Maryland are the other ranked ACC teams.
North Carolina State (10-3) lost 63-45 to St. John's in the finals of the Holiday Festival in New York, then fell 82-69 at home to West Virginia.
The Mountaineers (10-0) beat two ranked teams last week, knocking off George Washington at home before the win at North Carolina State. West Virginia was last ranked in the 1997-98 season, an 11-week run that saw the Mountaineers get as high as 15th.
Boston College (11-0) was ranked 25th in the final poll of last season. The Eagles' biggest wins this season have been on the road against UCLA and Massachusetts.
Connecticut and Pittsburgh are the other Big East teams in the Top 25 and the Panthers' fall from 10th to No. 16 was the week's biggest drop. Pittsburgh lost to Bucknell 69-66 on Sunday, ending a 48-game nonconference home winning streak.
Three conferences -- the Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC -- each have three teams in the Top 25.
There are three games this week featuring two ranked teams.
Boston College gets welcomed to the Top 25 with a visit to Connecticut on Wednesday. On Saturday, Maryland is at North Carolina and on Sunday, in one of the last big inter-conference games of the season, Kansas is at Kentucky.
By JIM O'CONNELL, AP Basketball Writer
January 3, 2005
The Atlantic Coast Conference's record run of seven ranked teams came to an end Monday.
The Big East provided the two unbeaten replacements -- West Virginia and Boston College -- and tied the ACC with five schools in The Associated Press Top 25.
Illinois and Kansas remained 1-2 in the poll for the fifth straight week. That's how long the ACC had seven teams in the Top 25, the longest run ever with that many.
North Carolina State lost two straight nonconference games and fell from 17th, while Virginia lost its conference opener to Wake Forest and dropped from No. 25.
The Big Ten had seven ranked teams for four weeks in January 1999. The other times it happened were for two weeks in December 1997 by the ACC and for one week in January 1993 by the Big Ten.
Illinois (14-0) had three easy wins last week, including a 22-point victory over Cincinnati, and received 62 first-place votes and 1,787 points from the national media panel.
Kansas (9-0) stayed second for the seventh straight week with a dramatic overtime win over Georgia Tech, winning for the second time without injured preseason All-America Wayne Simien. The Jayhawks got the other 10 No. 1 votes and 1,724 points.
North Carolina, Wake Forest and Duke, all part of the ACC's record group, each moved up one spot to third through fifth. Syracuse, the first of the Big East teams, moved up one place to sixth.
Oklahoma State, which lost 78-75 to Gonzaga, dropped from third to No. 7 and was followed by Kentucky, Georgia Tech and Connecticut.
Gonzaga followed the win over Oklahoma State with a loss at Missouri and climbed from 12th to 11. The Bulldogs were followed by Washington, Arizona, Iowa, Texas, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Mississippi State, Alabama and Michigan State.
The last five ranked teams were West Virginia, Maryland, Cincinnati, George Washington and Boston College.
Georgia Tech and Maryland are the other ranked ACC teams.
North Carolina State (10-3) lost 63-45 to St. John's in the finals of the Holiday Festival in New York, then fell 82-69 at home to West Virginia.
The Mountaineers (10-0) beat two ranked teams last week, knocking off George Washington at home before the win at North Carolina State. West Virginia was last ranked in the 1997-98 season, an 11-week run that saw the Mountaineers get as high as 15th.
Boston College (11-0) was ranked 25th in the final poll of last season. The Eagles' biggest wins this season have been on the road against UCLA and Massachusetts.
Connecticut and Pittsburgh are the other Big East teams in the Top 25 and the Panthers' fall from 10th to No. 16 was the week's biggest drop. Pittsburgh lost to Bucknell 69-66 on Sunday, ending a 48-game nonconference home winning streak.
Three conferences -- the Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC -- each have three teams in the Top 25.
There are three games this week featuring two ranked teams.
Boston College gets welcomed to the Top 25 with a visit to Connecticut on Wednesday. On Saturday, Maryland is at North Carolina and on Sunday, in one of the last big inter-conference games of the season, Kansas is at Kentucky.