Basketball

Louisville Moves Back Into The Coaches' Poll Top 5

By Mike Rutherford@CardChronicle Feb 17, 2014, 1:32pm EST

The Cards are No. 5 in the latest USA Today coaches' poll, but fail to crack the top 10 of the new AP top 25.

Here be your rankings for week 16:

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Syracuse (64)	25-0	1,624
2	Florida (1)	23-2	1,543
3	Wichita State	27-0	1,489
4	Arizona	23-2	1,427
5	Duke	20-5	1,296
6	San Diego State	22-2	1,232
7	Cincinnati	23-3	1,157
8	Kansas	19-6	1,129
9	Villanova	22-3	1,020
10	Saint Louis	23-2	1,019
11	Louisville	21-4	991
11	Creighton	21-4	991
13	Michigan State	21-5	788
14	Virginia	21-5	752
15	Iowa	19-6	721
16	Wisconsin	21-5	609
17	Iowa State	19-5	597
18	Kentucky	19-6	579
19	Texas	20-5	577
20	Michigan	18-7	421
21	Connecticut	20-5	382
22	Memphis	19-6	204
23	UCLA	20-5	168
24	Ohio State	20-6	133
25	Gonzaga	23-4	112

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 54, Arizona State 45, Southern Methodist 21, Pittsburgh 21, Stephen F. Austin 8, Oklahoma 7, New Mexico 3, Virginia Commonwealth 2, Green Bay 1, Kansas State 1, Louisiana Tech 1

Dropped from rankings: Southern Methodist 23, Pittsburgh 25

USA Today Coaches Poll
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Syracuse (32)	25-0	800
2	Florida	23-2	752
3	Wichita State	27-0	747
4	Arizona	23-2	679
5	Louisville	21-4	618
6	Duke	20-5	611
7	San Diego State	22-2	591
8	Kansas	19-6	554
9	Cincinnati	23-3	526
10	Saint Louis	23-2	513
11	Villanova	22-3	506
12	Creighton	21-4	423
13	Virginia	21-5	416
14	Michigan State	21-5	406
15	Iowa	19-6	375
16	Kentucky	19-6	302
17	Texas	20-5	278
18	Wisconsin	21-5	255
19	Iowa State	19-5	227
20	Michigan	18-7	159
21	Connecticut	20-5	158
22	Gonzaga	23-4	128
23	Ohio State	20-6	97
24	Memphis	19-6	85
25	UCLA	20-5	72

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 31, North Carolina 22, Kansas State 19, Pittsburgh 17, Southern Methodist 7, Stephen F. Austin 7, New Mexico 6, Arizona State 6, West Virginia 2, Louisiana Tech 2, California 1, Nebraska 1, Virginia Commonwealth 1

Dropped from rankings: Pittsburgh 23, Oklahoma 25