Duke finished AuburnThe eight-week stay at No. 1 in the Male Basketball Survey of the top 25 on Monday, while the tigers fell in third place behind Houes As the three programs began to prepare for their conference tournaments.
The Blue Devils took advantage of Auburn’s consecutive defeats to go up to first place for the first time since November 2021, when Duke spent a week in the farewell season of the renowned temple coach Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils received 52 of the 61 votes from the National Media Panel, while the cougars picked up five and the tigers kept the other four.
“Just my chance to be n ° 1 in the playoffs when it really doesn’t matter,” said Duke coach Jon Scheyer, laughing. “We didn’t talk about it once.
The Blue Devils, who will be the seeded n ° 1 of the ACC tournament when they start playing in the quarter -finals on Thursday, wake Wake Forest in a rout last week before guaranteeing his northern rival on Saturday in Chapel Hill.
The cougars, the seeded of the Big 12 tournament, climbed to the highest ranking of the season. Auburn has dropped three places, but will still be the seeded n ° 1 of the dry tournament, despite its narrow defeats at the time. 23 Texas A & M And then-no. 7 Alabama.
“These are two teams capable of arriving in the Final Four,” said Tigers coach Bruce Pearl, after watching the Crimson Tide, Mark Sears struck a buzzer drummer for a 93-91 extension victory in Auburn’s home final on Saturday.
FloridaWho beat Alabama earlier in the week, has passed a place in fourth place while the Crimson Tide climbed two places in fifth row of the survey on Monday. Saint-Jean remained sixth after his prolongation victory at the time. 20 Marquette SATURDAY. Michigan state was seventh, Tennessee left four places in the eighth, Texas Tech was ninth and Clemson completed by the top 10.
While some conferences are already crown champions and attribute places to the NCAA, ACC and Big 12 tournament are among the power leagues that are starting to play on Tuesday. Big ten and dry tournaments open on Wednesday.
“My standards are probably a little different,” said Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, whose team takes place in the Big 12 Quarterfinals on Thursday by driving a sequence of 10 consecutive victories. “I think there are areas in which we must continue to improve.”
“I will never say that we play our best ball because I prefer to think that our best ball is in front of us, so we have to continue working.” Sampson added. “That’s essential. Stay humble and keep working.”
Oregon, the eighth seeded of the Big Ten tournament, returned by election to the 23rd Arizonawho lost in kansas, and Mississippi conditionWho did not receive a single vote after losing tight matches against Texas and Arkansas last week.
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Texas A & M took the biggest step in the survey, climbing eight places at n ° 14 after victories at the time. 1 Auburn and LSU. Byu jumped six places in n ° 17 after a double extension victory at the time. 10 Iowa statement And a victory over Utah.
Wisconsin And Missouri released six places each this week. The badgers fell at n ° 18 after losing against Penn State on Saturday, while the tigers fell to n ° 21 after losing against Oklahoma, then no. 19 Kentucky.
The dry and big ten paved the way with seven teams in the top 25, although the SEC had three of the first five and six in the top 15, while the Big Ten had one in the top 10. The Big 12 had four classified teams, the ACC had three, the Big East had two and the American conferences Athletic and West Coast had each.
Here is the full top 25:
1 and 1 Duke
2 Houes
3 and 3 Auburn
4 Florida
5 Alabama
6. Saint-Jean
7 Michigan state
8 Tennessee
9. Texas Tech
10 Clemson
11 Maryland
12 Iowa statement
13 Louisville
14 Texas A & M
15 Kentucky
16 Male
17 Byu
18 Wisconsin
19. Saint mary
20 Purge
21 Missouri
22 Michigan
23 Oregon
24 Illinois
25 Marquette
Report by the Associated Press.
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