Kentucky Ranks No. 7 in the AP Poll after Upset Saturday
The dust has settled following a chaotic penultimate weekend of the regular season. For the first time in college basketball history, the top six teams all lost on the same day. Those weren’t the only upsets in the Top 25 of the AP Poll. No. 9 Texas Tech lost to TCU and No. 22 Ohio State dropped a double-digit loss to a bad Maryland team.
This weekend officially brought the madness to college basketball. However, since everybody lost, there was not a ton of moving and shaking in the AP Poll. Kentucky dropped one spot to No. 7 for the final week of the regular season. Gonzaga and Arizona remained 1-2, despite bad losses to Saint Mary’s and Colorado, respectively.
AP Poll – Feb. 28
| RANK | TEAM | PV RANK | CONFERENCE | POINTS |
| 1 | Gonzaga (24-3) | 1 | West Coast | 1,504 (46) |
| 2 | Arizona (25-3) | 3 | Pacific 12 | 1,360 |
| 3 | Baylor (24-5) | 10 | Big 12 | 1,342 (4) |
| 4 | Duke (25-4) | 7 | Atlantic Coast | 1,306 (11) |
| 5 | Auburn (25-4) | 3 | Southeastern | 1,268 |
| 6 | Kansas (23-5) | 5 | Big 12 | 1,224 |
| 7 | Kentucky (22-5) | 6 | Southeastern | 1,215 |
| 8 | Purdue (24-5) | 4 | Big Ten | 1,129 |
| 9 | Providence (24-3) | 11 | Big East | 1,021 |
| 10 | Wisconsin (23-5) | 13 | Big Ten | 865 |
| 11 | Villanova (21-7) | 8 | Big East | 861 |
| 12 | Texas Tech (22-7) | 9 | Big 12 | 850 |
| 13 | Tennessee (21-7) | 17 | Southeastern | 770 |
| 14 | Houston (24-4) | 14 | American Athletic | 759 |
| 14 | Arkansas (23-6) | 18 | Southeastern | 759 |
| 16 | USC (25-4) | 16 | Pacific 12 | 557 |
| 17 | UCLA (21-6) | 12 | Pacific 12 | 498 |
| 18 | Connecticut (21-7) | 21 | Big East | 480 |
| 19 | Saint Mary’s (24-6) | 23 | West Coast | 449 |
| 20 | Illinois (20-8) | 15 | Big Ten | 383 |
| 21 | Texas (21-8) | 20 | Big 12 | 364 |
| 22 | Murray State (28-2) | 19 | Ohio Valley | 333 |
| 23 | Ohio State (18-8) | 22 | Big Ten | 191 |
| 24 | Iowa (20-8) | 25 | Big Ten | 99 |
| 25 | Alabama (19-10) | 24 | Southeastern | 90 |
Others receiving votes: Boise State 56, Davidson 20, Colorado State 19, South Dakota State 12, Notre Dame 9, LSU 7, Michigan State 6, San Diego State 5, Marquette 4, Iowa State 4, North Texas 3, Vermont 2, Northern Iowa 1
One AP Voter Dropped UK to No. 13
Even though the Wildcats added a comeback win over LSU to their resume last week, one AP voter was unimpressed. Justin Jackson covers the West Virginia Mountaineers; maybe there are still some lingering hard feelings over Oscar Tshiebwe? AP voters are almost as bad at their jobs as college basketball officials.
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