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ESPN/USA Today College Basketball Rankings: Pitt Panthers Becomes New No. 1
Pittsburgh Panthers have moved up to No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today college basketball top 25 rankings, which were released on Monday.
Pitt (14-0) became the No. 1 team for the first time in school history, moving up two spots from No. 3 after then-No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels (13-1) lost at home to unranked Boston College Eagles and then-No. 2 Connecticut Huskies (12-1) lost at home to then-No. 8 Georgetown.
On Saturday, Pitt defeated Georgetown on the road as Dejuan Blair scored 20 points and grabbed 17 rebounds, snapping the Hoyas' 29-game home winning streak.
Pittsburgh received 30 of 31 first-place votes as the Tar Heels received one vote after moving to No. 3. UNC's archrival Duke Blue Devils (12-1) moved up to No. 2. Wake Forest Demon Deacons move to No. 4 as UConn rounds out the top five.
Oklahoma Sooners (13-1) is sixth, followed by Texas Longhorns (11-2) and UCLA Bruins (12-2) in a tie for seventh, Syracuse Orange (14-1) and Georgetown (10-2) to round out the top ten.
Besides Pitt, the other undefeated Division I men's teams are Wake Forest (13-0), Clemson (14-0) and Illinois State (14-0). Wake plays host to North Carolina on Sunday.
Gonzaga Bulldogs, Ohio State Buckeyes and Michigan Wolverines dropped out of the poll. Butler Bulldogs, West Virginia Mountaineers and Boston College moved into the top 25.
For the complete top 25 rankings by ESPN/USA Today, please look below:
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2. Duke 12-1 714 |
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7. UCLA 12-2 546 |
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11. Clemson 14-0 480 |
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13. Notre Dame 10-3 277 |
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14. Purdue 11-3 261 |
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17. Villanova 12-2 225 |
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18. Xavier 11-2 217 |
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23. Baylor 12-2 98 |
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Others Receiving Votes Dayton 54, Illinois State 50, Michigan 49, Saint Mary's 43, Ohio State 40, Memphis 37, Illinois 34, Brigham Young 34, California 31, Davidson 31, Arkansas 27, Gonzaga 27, Wisconsin 26, Texas A&M 22, Missouri 21, Florida 11, UNLV 11, LSU 10, Kansas 7, Stanford 5, Maryland 1, Florida State 1, Utah State 1, Washington 1. Dropped From Rankings Gonzaga 17, |
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