UCLA is No. 1 and South Carolina No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday, the final poll before the start of the NCAA Tournament. The voting mirrored the selection of UCLA (30-2) and South Carolina (30-3) as the top two seeds in the tournament. But the AP voters and the committee […]
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UCLA, South Carolina ranked 1-2 in pre-tourney Top 25
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UCLA is No. 1 and South Carolina No. 2 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday, the final poll before the start of the NCAA Tournament.
The voting mirrored the selection of UCLA (30-2) and South Carolina (30-3) as the top two seeds in the tournament. But the AP voters and the committee differed on the next three.
UConn (31-3), which received five of the 32 first-place votes, is ranked No. 3, followed by Southern California (28-3) and Texas (31-3).
On Sunday night, the selection committee awarded Texas and USC the other two No. 1 seeds; the Longhorns were No. 3 overall and the Trojans No. 4, leaving UConn on the line with the second seeds.
Rounding out the top 10 in the poll were No. 6 TCU (31-3), followed by Duke (26-7), Notre Dame (26-5), North Carolina State (26-6) and LSU (28-5).
The selection committee gave TCU, Duke and NC State the remaining No. 2 seeds and put Notre Dame and LSU among the No. 3 seeds.
The remainder of the Top 25 poll:
11. Oklahoma (25-7)
12. North Carolina (27-7)
13. Kentucky (22-7)
14. Baylor (27-7)
15. Ohio State (25-6)
16. West Virginia (24-7)
17. Oklahoma State (25-6)
18. Maryland (23-7)
19. Kansas State (26-7)
20. Tennessee (22-9)
21. Alabama (23-8)
22. Florida State (23-8)
23. Creighton (26-6)
24. South Dakota State (29-3)
25. Ole Miss (20-10)
–Field Level Media