Just like in the AP Poll, the Ohio State Buckeyes stayed at No. 2 this week in the ESPN/USAToday Coaches Poll. The Buckeyes received a single first place vote, thus preventing Syracuse from being the unanimous No. 1 team in college basketball:
|
Rank
|
Team (first-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Last week
|
|
1.
|
Syracuse (30) |
11-0
|
774
|
1
|
|
2.
|
Ohio State (1) |
10-1
|
713
|
2
|
|
3.
|
Kentucky |
9-1
|
702
|
3
|
|
4.
|
Louisville |
10-0
|
679
|
4
|
|
5.
|
Duke |
9-1
|
637
|
5
|
|
6.
|
North Carolina |
9-2
|
623
|
6
|
|
7.
|
Baylor |
9-0
|
570
|
7
|
|
8.
|
Missouri |
11-0
|
560
|
8
|
|
9.
|
Connecticut |
9-1
|
526
|
10
|
|
10.
|
Marquette |
10-0
|
503
|
11
|
|
11.
|
Kansas |
7-2
|
471
|
12
|
|
12.
|
Florida |
8-2
|
447
|
13
|
|
13.
|
Pittsburgh |
10-1
|
386
|
14
|
|
14.
|
Wisconsin |
10-2
|
361
|
15
|
|
15.
|
Xavier |
8-1
|
318
|
9
|
|
16.
|
Georgetown |
9-1
|
301
|
17
|
|
17.
|
Mississippi State |
11-1
|
277
|
16
|
|
18.
|
Indiana |
10-0
|
245
|
20
|
|
19.
|
Michigan |
9-2
|
221
|
18
|
|
20.
|
Michigan State |
9-2
|
193
|
23
|
|
21.
|
Creighton |
8-1
|
107
|
24
|
|
22.
|
Murray State |
12-0
|
100
|
NR
|
|
23.
|
UNLV |
11-2
|
68
|
NR
|
|
24.
|
Illinois |
10-1
|
66
|
19
|
|
25.
|
Harvard |
9-1
|
53
|
NR
|
The poll was not as kind to Cleveland State. The Vikings, who received seven votes in the AP Poll, received none in the Coaches Poll.