AP Poll 12/13/04

1. Illinois Fighting Illini (35) 9-0 1,748 1
2. Kansas Jayhawks (22) 6-0 1,709 2
3. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (12) 6-0 1,664 3
4. Oklahoma State Cowboys (3) 7-0 1,607 5
5. North Carolina Tar Heels 7-1 1,426 8
6. Wake Forest Demon Deacons 6-1 1,397 6
7. Duke Blue Devils 6-0 1,360 9
8. Syracuse Orange 8-1 1,339 4
9. Kentucky Wildcats 6-1 1,152 10
10. Pittsburgh Panthers 7-0 1,102 11
11. Connecticut Huskies 4-11,016 7
12. North Carolina State Wolfpack 7-0 1,007 12
13. Louisville Cardinals 5-1 835 13
14. Texas Longhorns 6-1 764 14
15. Arizona Wildcats 6-2 688 15
16. Iowa Hawkeyes 8-1 630 17
17. Alabama Crimson Tide 8-1 576 18
18. Washington Huskies 7-1 543 16
19. George Washington Colonials 6-1 494 21
20. Mississippi State Bulldogs 7-2 424 22
21. Michigan State Spartans 5-2 370 20
22. Gonzaga Bulldogs 7-1 333 25
23. Maryland Terrapins 5-2 317 23
24. Virginia Cavaliers 7-1 222 19
25. Cincinnati Bearcats 6-0 215 NR

 

I don't see how the Wolfpack is ranked out of the top 10. I am not a huge Wolfpack supporter but you can't deny that they are playing the best ball they have played in a long time and are still undefeated. Julius Hodge is nasty and should have his number retired and go down as one of the best Wolfpack players ever. People forget what type of situation the program was in before he got in (The NIT streak and Sendek barely hanging on to his job), but he has almost solely turned this program around, leading the Wolfpack in rebounds, assists, and points last season and doing it again so far this season, and that's a hard thing to do on a good team like State

 

Hodge is playing great but it's not like State has been played anybody decent thus far.

 

That's true. For some reason I think that Georgia Tech will fall. They did beat my school by 40 though. I like the Coaches poll much better just cause it has all 4 NC schools in the top 10. When's the last time that has happened?

 

so is state gonna revert to its old self like the football team did when the golden child rivers graduated?

 

State is ranked too high. Way too high

 

I think they're ranked too high, too, but they should be Top 25.

 

GT is playing @ Gonzaga and @ Kansas.

They'll either drop like a rock or they'll be #1.