Tennessee held onto No. 1 in the AP Prime 25 for the second consecutive week, although No. 2 Auburn closed the hole as the highest 5 remained unchanged within the males’s faculty basketball ballot Monday.
The Volunteers acquired 50 first-place votes from a nationwide media panel after wins over Miami and Illinois pushed coach Rick Barnes’ program to 10-0 for under the fifth time at school historical past. Auburn picked up 9 first-place votes from final week and had 12 complete. Iowa State, Duke and Kentucky rounded out the highest 5.
Tennessee is amongst 5 unbeatens left in males’s Division I basketball and one among three groups from the Southeastern Convention, becoming a member of No. 7 Florida (10-0) and No. 14 Oklahoma (10-0). Drake (9-0) and Utah State (10-0) additionally enter this week undefeated.
“We all know watching movie there’s a variety of areas we’ve to get higher with, extra constant,” Barnes mentioned Monday. “It is everyone. Coaches getting higher, gamers getting higher. If you’re in December, you need to be actual. Take a look at movie and notice we have finished this or that, however we’ve a protracted approach to go to be the place we need to be.”
Auburn improved to 9-1 with its 91-53 blowout of Ohio State in Atlanta. Johni Broome confirmed the way in which with 21 factors and 20 rebounds for the Tigers’ first 20-20 sport in 35 years, then he raced again to Auburn for his commencement Saturday evening.
“They could be the perfect crew within the nation proper now,” Ohio State coach Jake Diebler mentioned. “They’ve a variety of expertise, they usually made us pay after we made a mistake.”
The SEC continued to dominate the Prime 25 with the Vols and Tigers joined by Kentucky, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Florida in giving the convention 5 of the highest seven. Kansas moved up two spots to No. 8 whereas Marquette and Oregon rounded out the highest 10.
Two-time defending nationwide champion UConn jumped seven spots to No. 11 after beating then-No. 8 Gonzaga. The Huskies have been adopted by Texas A&M, the Bulldogs, the Sooners and Houston, which remained at No. 15.
Purdue dropped 5 spots to No. 16 after its loss to the Aggies, and was adopted by Ole Miss, UCLA, Cincinnati and Michigan State. Dayton entered the ballot for the primary time this season at No. 22, simply behind Memphis, which returned after its win over Clemson. Wisconsin dropped out after its loss to Illinois, and Mississippi State fell out after a slim win over McNeese State.
San Diego State, Michigan and Clemson rounded out the Prime 25.
“I’ve mentioned all alongside, it is a place you possibly can win at a excessive stage persistently, and we have proven that, proper? Yr after 12 months,” Utah State coach Jarrod Calhoun mentioned. “We by no means discuss making historical past. It was by no means talked about all week. … It is about getting higher every day. It is about having fun with the method.”
Michigan plummeted 10 locations to No. 24 after blowing its halftime lead in an 89-87 loss to Arkansas within the Jimmy V Basic at Madison Sq. Backyard. Clemson fell 9 spots to No. 25, and Gonzaga and Purdue every dropped 5 spots.
