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Temple drops out, Nova falls to 19th

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Temple drops out, Nova falls to 19th

POSTED: Monday, February 28, 2011, 2:32 PM

Keith Pompey, Inquirer Staff Writer

Filed Under: Men's Basketball

Wednesday’s loss to then No. 1 Duke knocked Temple out of the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll that was released Monday.

The Owls (22-6) were ranked 24^th. Duke, which lost to Virginia Tech Saturday, dropped to No. 4. The Blue Devils are tied with Pittsburgh at that spot. Meanwhile, Villanova fell four places to No. 19.

Here’s a look at the AP rankings that were released Monday:

AP Rankings
Rankings as of 2/28/2011
Rank	School	Votes	Prev Rank
1	Ohio State 27-2	1602 (45)	2
2	Kansas 27-2	1554 (14)	3
3	Brigham Young 27-2	1460 (5)	7
4	Duke 26-3	1380 (1)	1
4	Pittsburgh 25-4	1380	4
6	Purdue 24-5	1305	8
7	Texas 24-5	1216	5
8	Notre Dame 23-5	1173	9
9	San Diego State 27-2	1151	6
10	Wisconsin 22-6	1040	12
11	Louisville 22-7	937	16
12	Syracuse 24-6	898	17
13	North Carolina 22-6	797	19
14	Florida 22-6	688	13
15	St. John's 19-9	651	23
16	Connecticut 21-7	643	14
17	Georgetown 21-8	559	11
18	Arizona 23-6	404	10
19	Villanova 21-8	382	15
20	Kentucky 20-8	335	22
21	Vanderbilt 21-7	330	18
22	Missouri 22-7	261	20
23	Xavier 22-6	246	25
24	Texas A&M 22-6	178	21
25	Utah State 26-3	129	NR

- Keith Pompey

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Comments (4)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:56 PM, 02/28/2011

Arizona's a fraud, Nova will be lucky to win a game in the tourney. I can't wait for the tourney this year, no clear cut top teams.

— PhillyinDaChi

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:59 PM, 02/28/2011

Gee, does this mean the Owls are now setup to be left out of the NCAAs if they don't win the conference tourney (just like they dropped them to #24 after a solid 2-win week so they could drop them out of the Top 25 if they lost to Duke even tho 2 of their top 2 players were out)? Wouldn't be surprised. Can't have those "second rate" conferences have too many teams get in - that's no good for the bottom line! Go Owls (anyway).

— joninohio

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 8:52 AM, 03/01/2011

Not surprised. Gotta make room for some more Big East teams. Nova loses three in a row, most likely stretches that to four with a loss at Pitt, then probably moves UP next week!

— Rich Wag

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About this blog

Keith Pompey has been an Inquirer reporter since September 2004. He began covering the Temple men's basketball team in November 2010 and Temple football in August 2011. Pompey previously covered the Penn and Drexel men's basketball teams after initially focusing on high school sports.

Pompey is a native Philadelphian and a University of Pittsburgh graduate. Follow him on Twitter @pompeysgridlock. Reach Keith at kpompey@phillynews.com.