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College Basketball Rankings: No Mountain West Team Cracks USA Today Preseaosn Poll

By Jeremy Mauss

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The USA Today preseason basketball coaches poll was released today and no Mountain West team made the list. Only the New Mexico Lobos and UNLV Rebels came in and received votes. Some time this season those two should be ranked as should the San Diego St. Aztecs.

The No. 1 team is the North Carolina Tar Heels who received 30 out of 31 first -place votes and is a team that UNLV could face in a tournament early in the season.

Here is the complete poll:

Rank
Team (first-place votes)
2010 Record
Points
2010-11 Final Ranking
1.
 North Carolina (30)
29-8
774
8
2.
 Kentucky (1)
29-9
721
3
3.
 Ohio State
34-3
702
5
4.
 Connecticut
32-9
655
1
5.
 Syracuse
27-8
649
18
6.
 Duke
32-5
635
7
7.
 Vanderbilt
23-11
567
NR
8.
 Louisville
25-10
514
22
9.
 Memphis
25-10
482
NR
10.
 Florida
29-8
474
10
11.
 Pittsburgh
28-6
471
12
12.
 Baylor
18-13
358
NR
13.
 Kansas
35-3
331
4
14.
 Wisconsin
25-9
313
15
15.
 Xavier
24-8
277
NR
16.
 Arizona
30-8
269
9
17.
 Alabama
24-11
194
NR
18.
 Michigan
21-14
187
NR
19.
 Texas A&M
24-9
161
NR
20.
 UCLA
23-11
147
NR
21.
 Marquette
22-15
145
20
22.
 Cincinnati
26-9
141
NR
23.
 Gonzaga
25-10
125
NR
24.
 California
18-15
111
NR
25.
 Missouri
23-11
110
NR
Others receiving votes
Florida State (23-11) 108; Texas (28-8) 107; Michigan State (19-15) 73; Temple (26-8) 59; Washington (24-11) 29; Butler (28-10) 25; New Mexico (22-13) 22; Creighton (23-16) 19; Villanova (21-12) 18; Purdue (26-8) 17; UNLV (24-9) 16; West Virginia (21-12) 13; George Mason (27-7) 12; Mississippi State (17-14) 11; St. John's (21-12) 11; Saint Mary's (25-9) 5; Virginia (16-15) 5; Virginia Commonwealth (28-12) 4; Drexel (21-10) 2; Kansas State (23-11) 2; Long Beach State (22-12) 2; Brigham Young (32-5) 1; Notre Dame (27-7) 1.

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