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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

MU 1 of Only 5 Teams with No AP Top 25 Votes Despite Top 50 Offense and Defense

During Marquette's spirited come-from-behind win at Creighton, announcers commented on Marquette relying on defense rather than offense this season. While www.kenpom.com actually ranks MU's offense (21st best) as still better than the defense (48th), the potential for true lockdown defense is apparent and this is certainly more balances than last year (14th best offense, 73rd best defense). 

This leaves Marquette as one of only 5 teams to rank in the top 50 in both offense and defense at www.kenpom.com, and yet still not receive any AP writers Top 25 votes. Of course, this poll was released prior to the big win at Creighton - combined with the top 10 win over Wisconsin after MU only beat one Top 10 team in the last three seasons combined. The other teams are Purdue, USC, NC State and Alabama. 

Here are the teams with both a Top 50 offense and defense, as well as the overall www.kenpom.com ratign and their current AP rating (listed 26th place as the other team receiving the most vote points, etc.).

Top 50 off & defConfOffDefkenpomAP
AlabamaSEC494652NR
ArkansasSEC45303439
BaylorB123922
DukeACC17171121
FloridaSEC27242433
Florida St.ACC24151215
GonzagaWCC21611
HoustonAmer1221106
IllinoisB1011311713
IndianaB1039111432
KansasB1225795
LouisvilleACC22252323
MarquetteBE214833NR
MichiganB107341325
Michigan St.B10941224
MinnesotaB1040424240
MissouriSEC32443816
N.C. StateACC284736NR
North CarolinaACC36202822
Ohio St.B1010372120
OregonP1215402531
PurdueB10313832NR
RutgersB1046122019
Saint LouisA1037353726
San Diego St.MWC47192918
SyracuseACC30282738
TexasB12193511
Texas TechB12501814
UCLAP1214432635
USCP12413339NR
VillanovaBE42737
Virginia TechACC43454727
West VirginiaB12131068
WisconsinB10186712

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