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It's a heady time to be a Xavier fan. The Musketeers are up to sixth in both the USA Today Coaches Poll and the AP Poll this week. Both of those rankings seem vary fair in light of their #7 ranking in the KenPom, but fall short of the third (!) Xavier now sits in the Massey Composite. Xavier plays in the Skip Prosser Classic tomorrow to honor a man who made a huge impact on this program and its development. In Skip's second year, the team went 13-15 and lost to Ohio by 31 as freshman guards Lenny Brown and Gary Lumpkin struggled to find their footing. Skip stayed the course and now, as the team prepares to play in a game named for him, the program that he gave the final shove down the track is ranked the highest it has ever been.
AP Poll
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan State Spartans (64) | 12-0 | 1,623 |
| 2 | Kansas Jayhawks (1) | 9-1 | 1,537 |
| 3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 8-0 | 1,495 |
| 4 | Maryland Terrapins | 10-1 | 1,428 |
| 5 | Virginia Cavaliers | 9-1 | 1,350 |
| 6 | Xavier Musketeers | 11-0 | 1,287 |
| 7 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 9-2 | 1,215 |
| 8 | Arizona Wildcats | 11-1 | 1,056 |
| 9 | Butler Bulldogs | 9-1 | 947 |
| 10 | Providence Friars | 11-1 | 911 |
| 11 | Iowa State Cyclones | 9-1 | 907 |
| 12 | Kentucky Wildcats | 9-2 | 856 |
| 13 | Miami-Florida Hurricanes | 9-1 | 851 |
| 14 | Purdue Boilermakers | 11-1 | 833 |
| 15 | Duke Blue Devils | 9-2 | 809 |
| 16 | Louisville Cardinals | 9-1 | 652 |
| 17 | Villanova Wildcats | 8-2 | 649 |
| 18 | SMU Mustangs | 9-0 | 628 |
| 19 | West Virginia Mountaineers | 9-1 | 470 |
| 20 | George Washington Colonials | 10-1 | 366 |
| 21 | Texas A&M Aggies | 9-2 | 327 |
| 22 | Cincinnati Bearcats | 10-2 | 315 |
| 23 | Baylor Bears | 8-2 | 141 |
| 24 | Utah Utes | 9-2 | 107 |
| 25 | South Carolina Gamecocks | 10-0 | 87 |
| Others receiving votes: UCLA 49, Connecticut 46, Oregon 34, Gonzaga 33, Colorado 27, Dayton 17, Pittsburgh 16, Northern Iowa 15, Arkansas-Little Rock 14, Vanderbilt 8, Monmouth 6, Iowa 5, Texas 3, Florida 3, Northwestern 2 | |||
USA Today Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | 1st | PREV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan St | 12-0 | 773 | 29 | 1 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 8-0 | 718 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kansas | 9-1 | 716 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Maryland | 10-1 | 687 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | Virginia | 9-1 | 646 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Xavier | 11-0 | 603 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 9-2 | 520 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Arizona | 11-1 | 517 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Iowa St. | 9-1 | 506 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Duke | 9-2 | 455 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 9-2 | 441 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Butler | 9-1 | 410 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Purdue | 11-1 | 378 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Providence | 11-1 | 376 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | Louisville | 9-1 | 371 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Miami-Florida | 9-1 | 323 | 0 | 19 |
| 17 | Villanova | 8-2 | 310 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | West Virginia | 9-1 | 301 | 0 | 16 |
| 19 | Texas A&M | 9-2 | 169 | 0 | 24 |
| 20 | George Washington | 10-1 | 159 | 0 | 22 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 10-2 | 153 | 0 | 20 |
| 22 | Baylor | 8-2 | 122 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 10-0 | 77 | 0 | 25 |
| 24 | Gonzaga | 8-3 | 59 | 0 | 21 |
| 25 | Vanderbilt | 7-3 | 45 | 0 | 23 |
| Others Receiving Votes: Connecticut 38; Utah 35; Pittsburgh 34; Colorado 31; UCLA 22; Oregon 18; Notre Dame 15; Dayton 10; California 8; Arkansas-Little Rock 8; Northern Iowa 5; Texas 5; Florida 4; Indiana 3; Iowa 2; Monmouth 2. | |||||