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Villanova remained at the head of the polls this week as Xavier (8/7) dropped into the lower reaches of the top 10. Frankly, that seems a fair destination for a team that played one really good game and one really bad game this week. Providence at 23/20 rounds out the Big East's representation in the polls. After the top three teams in both polls, things are pretty wide open. The parity of college basketball has been a recurring theme this year and looking at the polls shows why. There is no juggernaut that is the odds on favorite to win the tournament. Is there even a team in the top 10 that can be ruled out?
AP Top 25
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
| 1 | Villanova Wildcats (44) | 22-3 | 1601 |
| 2 | Kansas Jayhawks (21) | 21-4 | 1578 |
| 3 | Oklahoma Sooners | 20-4 | 1471 |
| 4 | Iowa Hawkeyes | 20-5 | 1349 |
| 5 | North Carolina Tar Heels | 21-4 | 1343 |
| 6 | Maryland Terrapins | 22-4 | 1248 |
| 7 | Virginia Cavaliers | 20-5 | 1188 |
| 8 | Xavier Musketeers | 22-3 | 1174 |
| 8 |
Michigan State Spartans | 21-5 | 1174 |
| 10 |
West Virginia Mountaineers |
20-5 | 1094 |
| 11 |
Miami-Florida Hurricanes |
20-4 | 1036 |
| 12 |
Arizona Wildcats |
21-5 | 823 |
| 13 |
Iowa State Cyclones |
18-7 | 742 |
| 14 |
Kentucky Wildcats |
19-6 | 692 |
| 15 |
Dayton Flyers |
21-3 | 681 |
| 16 |
Oregon Ducks |
20-6 | 529 |
| 17 |
Purdue Boilermakers |
20-6 | 497 |
| 18 |
Louisville Cardinals |
19-6 | 494 |
| 19 |
Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
18-7 | 489 |
| 20 |
Duke Blue Devils |
19-6 | 462 |
| 21 |
SMU Mustangs |
21-3 | 441 |
| 22 |
Indiana Hoosiers |
20-6 | 232 |
| 23 |
Providence Friars |
19-7 | 125 |
| 24 |
Texas Longhorns |
16-9 | 123 |
| 25 |
Baylor Bears |
18-7 | 97 |
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USA Today Coaches PoIl
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
| 1 | Villanova (25) | 22-3 | 785 |
| 2 | Kansas (7) | 21-4 | 764 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 20-4 | 680 |
| 4 | North Carolina | 21-4 | 674 |
| 5 | Maryland | 22-4 | 636 |
| 6 | Iowa | 20-5 | 624 |
| 7 | Xavier | 22-3 | 615 |
| 8 | Virginia | 20-5 | 489 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 21-5 | 560 |
| 10 | Miami | 20-4 | 558 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 20-5 | 488 |
| 12 | Arizona | 21-5 | 425 |
| 13 | Dayton | 21-3 | 382 |
| 14 | Kentucky | 19-6 | 346 |
| 15 | Iowa State | 18-7 | 319 |
| 16 | Purdue | 20-6 | 298 |
| 17 | Oregon | 20-6 | 259 |
| 18 | Notre Dame | 18-7 | 203 |
| 19 | Duke | 19-6 | 183 |
| 20 | Providence | 19-7 | 161 |
| 21 | Indiana | 20-6 | 154 |
| 22 | Baylor | 18-7 | 109 |
| 23 | South Carolina | 21-4 | 108 |
| 24 | Texas A&M | 18-7 | 106 |
| 25 | Texas | 16-9 | 73 |
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Doofus of the Week:
What do you say to a ballot that has both SDSU and Hawaii ranked? Fletcher Mackel pulled off that improbable feat today, possibly not by using darts. Hawaii is 20-3, with three of their losses coming to three of the only four top 100 KenPom teams they've played. Their lone decent win is over #98 Northern Iowa and it came last calendar year. The Rainbow Warriors also have not one but two wins over non-D1 opponents. Somehow, they have an even better argument than SDSU who this very week lost to a very bad Fresno State squad and is a glittering 3-5 against the RPI top 100. Amazingly, Fletcher rates those teams as better than, say, Providence or Notre Dame. Well Fletcher, we rate you as a...
