AP hoops poll for Dec. 14

Posted by John Rohde

on December 15, 2009M at 12:48 pm

The Big 12 added another team to this week’s Associated Press Top 25 poll in Kansas State. If they hadn’t lost 86-74 at home against Mississippi on Nov. 20, the Wildcats would be 10-0 and possibly threatening the Top 10.

Based on what we’ve seen so far, the Big 12 seems to be traveling in pairs. Kansas and Texas is the top pair. Kansas State and Texas A&M come next, then Texas Tech and Oklahoma State, then Baylor and Iowa State, then Oklahoma and Missouri, then Nebraska and Colorado. This could all change come conference time, of course, but Texas Tech and Baylor appear to be better than expected, while Oklahoma is still trying to find its groove.

If all goes well, the Big 12 could have seven teams ranked by the time conference play begins Jan. 9.

Here is how I voted in this week’s AP poll:

1. Kansas; 2. Texas; 3. Kentucky; 4. Purdue; 5. Syracuse; 6. West Virginia; 7. North Carolina; 8. Michigan State; 9. Villanova; 10. Duke; 11. Tennessee; 12. Georgetown; 13. Florida; 14. Connecticut; 15. Gonzaga; 16. Butler; 17. Ohio State; 18. UNLV; 19. New Mexico; 20. Texas A&M; 21. Texas Tech; 22. Georgia Tech; 23. Mississippi; 24. Kansas State; 25. Cincinnati.

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