Syracuse #1 in the Nation

Yeah, it's sort of meaningless in the grand scheme of things and even in the basketball season, but here on March 1st with only a week left in the regular season, the Syracuse Orange have moved up to #1 in the polls (both polls, actually) for the first time since the 1989-90 season.  And that was a long time ago.  We were officially #1 in the post-season polls after 2003 (when we won it all) but this is the first regular season poll atop the standings since I was a freshman in college (at Syracuse, cough cough).

For the first time since the 1989-90 season, the Syracuse University men's basketball team is the top-ranked team in the country.

Today's Associated Press poll has the Orange jumping four spots to No. 1. This comes after last week's top three teams -- Kansas, Kentucky and Purdue -- all suffered losses while Syracuse beat No. 7 Villanova before a record-breaking crowd in the Carrier Dome. SU also grabbed the top spot in the ESPN/USA Today poll.

The Orange were the runaway in the AP rankings, receiving 59 first-place votes from the national media panel to make the jump from fourth. This is their first time on top since a six-week run during the 1989-90 season.

Congrats, guys.  Now let's not suffer a massive letdown during Andy Rautins and Arinze Onuaku's Senior Day celebration tomorrow vs. St. John's.  Let the miracle season continue.

AP Rankings
Rankings as of 3/1/2010
Rank	School	Record	Votes (1st Place)	Prev Rank
1	Syracuse Orange	27-2	1618 (59)	4
2	Kansas Jayhawks	27-2	1550 (6)	1
3	Kentucky Wildcats	27-2	1493	2
4	Duke Blue Devils	25-4	1415	5
5	Kansas State Wildcats	24-4	1377	6
6	Ohio State Buckeyes	23-7	1232	9
7	Purdue Boilermakers	24-4	1169	3
8	New Mexico Lobos	27-3	1151	10
9	Villanova Wildcats	23-5	1143	7
10	West Virginia Mountaineers	22-6	1024	8
11	Michigan State Spartans	22-7	960	14
12	Butler Bulldogs	26-4	762	15
13	Vanderbilt Commodores	22-6	741	16
14	Brigham Young Cougars	26-4	633	13
15	Wisconsin Badgers	21-7	625	17
16	Tennessee Volunteers	21-7	615	19
17	Pittsburgh Panthers	22-7	612	12
18	Gonzaga Bulldogs	24-5	554	18
19	Georgetown Hoyas	19-8	548	11
20	Temple Owls	24-5	547	20
21	Baylor Bears	22-6	393	24
22	Maryland Terrapins	21-7	249	NR
23	Texas A&M Aggies	20-8	210	22
24	UTEP Miners	22-5	124	NR
25	Xavier Musketeers	21-7	101	NR

Coaches Rankings
Rankings as of 3/1/2010
Rank	School	Record	Votes (1st Place)	Prev Rank
1	Syracuse Orange	27-2	766 (23)	4
2	Kansas Jayhawks	27-2	741 (7)	1
3	Kentucky Wildcats	27-2	698	2
4	Duke Blue Devils	25-4	694 (1)	5
5	Kansas State Wildcats	24-4	659	6
6	Purdue Boilermakers	24-4	585	3
7	Ohio State Buckeyes	23-7	559	9
8	West Virginia Mountaineers	22-6	526	7
9	Villanova Wildcats	23-5	509	8
10	New Mexico Lobos	27-3	494	12
11	Butler Bulldogs	26-4	480	10
12	Michigan State Spartans	22-7	429	14
13	Tennessee Volunteers	21-7	346	17
14	Gonzaga Bulldogs	24-5	341	15
15	Brigham Young Cougars	26-4	337	11
16	Temple Owls	24-5	293	18
17	Wisconsin Badgers	21-7	258	19
18	Pittsburgh Panthers	22-7	255	16
19	Vanderbilt Commodores	22-6	246	20
20	Georgetown Hoyas	19-8	240	13
21	UTEP Miners	22-5	121	25
22	Baylor Bears	22-6	104	NR
23	Maryland Terrapins	21-7	102	NR
24	Texas A&M Aggies	20-8	92	23
25	Texas Longhorns	22-7	43	21

Comments

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[LegFuJohnson]

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