West Virginia is just one out of the top 25 in the AP basketball poll, and they’re also close in the Coaches Poll. Here’s this week’s top 25.
1 Kentucky (31) 19-1 775 2
2 Missouri 18-1 725 5
3 Ohio State 17-3 687 6
4 Syracuse 20-1 686 1
5 Kansas 16-3 660 7
6 Duke 16-3 571 4
7 Baylor 17-2 569 3
8 North Carolina 16-3 565 8
9 Murray State 20-0 502 10
10 Georgetown 16-3 498 12
11 Michigan State 16-4 453 9
12 San Diego State 17-2 403 16
13 Florida 15-4 396 14
14 Creighton 18-2 343 18
15 UNLV 18-3 337 20
16 Mississippi State 16-4 236 15
17 Indiana 16-4 230 13
18 Marquette 16-4 213 22
19 Connecticut 14-5 203 11
20 Saint Mary’s 19-2 193 23
21 Virginia 15-3 171 17
22 Michigan 15-5 165 19
23 Harvard 16-2 99 24
24 Kansas State 14-4 80 27
25 Louisville 15-5 49 21
25 Wisconsin 16-5 49 29
WVU is three spots out of the top 25. A win this Saturday against Syracuse — which admittedly is unlikely — would have West Virginia sitting very comfortably in the rankings.
Kevin Jones and Truck Bryant have led the Mountaineers to a 15-5 record so far. They have wins over Georgetown and Cincinnati, but have lost to Mississippi State, Baylor and UConn.
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