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
|
|
|
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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. |