"My rule was I wouldn't recruit a kid if he had grass in front of his house.
That's not my world. My world was a cracked sidewalk." —Al McGuire

Saturday, November 29, 2008

MU passes Michigan for 16th all-time in the AP poll

I figured after tonight's nightmarish performance we might as well talk about a nice milestone that MU accomplished this past week. With MU's AP top 25 ranking this week, they moved into solo possession of 16th all-time in the AP poll. The poll has been conducted weekly during the college basketball season since 1949. This week's appearance marks MU's 313th time MU has made the AP top 25 (or top 20 as it used to be in the old days). Marquette was tied with Michigan at 312 appearances prior to the week starting. Marquette now trails Iowa by two appearances for 15th all-time and Georgetown by just 4 appearances.

The way the Golden Eagles performed tonight, this may be the last time they appear in the top 25 for awhile so it's time to relish it while we can.

RK

Team

App*

Avg RK

High RK

1. North Carolina 744 6.86 1
2. Kentucky 723 6.63 1
3. UCLA 634 7.54 1
4. Duke 604 6.47 1
5. Kansas 564 8.09 1
6. Indiana 498 10.36 1
7. Louisville 478 11.59 2
8. Syracuse 429 12.52 1
9. Arizona 413 10.20 1
10. Illinois 407 10.78 1
11. Cincinnati 355 10.14 1
12. Maryland 351 11.68 2
13. NC State 324 11.16 1
14. Georgetown 317 11.59 1
15. Iowa 315 13.23 1
16. Marquette 313 11.26 1
17. Michigan 312 10.15 1
18. Oklahoma 291 12.56 1
19. Notre Dame 288 11.08 1
20. Alabama 286 13.52 1
21. Michigan State 282 11.52 1
22. St. John's (NY) 281 12.00 1
23. Ohio State 269 9.22 1
24. Connecticut 262 9.58 1
25. Wake Forest 256 13.13 1

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