11/21 Men’s Basketball Top 25
November 21, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
North Carolina |
North Carolina keeps cruising along and they should not lose for quite a while…like maybe December. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Kentucky |
Kentucky beat Penn State and Old Dominion in Connecticut and the 12/1 game against USC should be a dandy. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Ohio State |
Ohio State hung on to beat Florida last week and this week the trio of games should be easier than that. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Syracuse |
Syracuse has been blowing everybody out. It may not be quite as easy in the NIT Season Tipoff at MSG. |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Duke |
Duke keeps getting the job done, but the youngsters need to grow up quickly with the tough competition in Maui. |
5 |
| 6 |  |
Louisville |
After a road trip to Butler, Louisville is now 3-0 and they host Arkansas State and Ohio. |
6 |
| 7 |  |
Memphis |
Memphis is heading to Maui with only one game under their belt. That may not be good with a young team. |
7 |
| 8 |  |
Kansas |
Kentucky is going to beat a lot of teams, so Kansas needs to refocus on Georgetown for now. |
8 |
| 9 |  |
Connecticut | Uconn leaves Connecticut for the only time before conference play begins when they travel to the Bahamas. |
14 |
| 10 |  |
Wisconsin |
Wisconsin has another pretty easy week, but North Carolina and Marquette are coming up very soon. |
15 |
| 11 |  |
Florida | Florida lost by a touchdown to Ohio State in a closely contested game. UF gets to recover with a few home games. |
12 |
| 12 |  |
Arizona | Arizona had a nice run going until they lost to Mississippi State on Friday. They’ll start over with SDSU. |
10 |
| 13 |  |
Texas A&M |
TAMU lost to Mississippi State, but had a nice win against St. John’s at Madison Square Garden. |
13 |
| 14 |  |
Marquette | Marquette had no problem with Winthrop and Ole Miss in the Paradise Jam and will play in the final on Monday. |
17 |
| 15 |  |
Xavier | Xavier has had some close calls against teams they should beat. Georgia could give them a run for their money. |
16 |
| 16 |  |
Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt is back to their winning ways and the Cleveland State loss is quickly become an aberration. |
9 |
| 17 |  |
Missouri |
Missouri hasn’t missed a beat with the coaching change, but playing Notre Dame on Monday night will tell more. |
18 |
| 18 |  |
Alabama |
After beating Maryland, Wichita State and Purdue in the Puerto Rico Tip-off, Alabama is riding high. |
20 |
| 19 |  |
Florida State | FSU is another team heading to the Bahamas. Possible matchups with Harvard and Uconn will be interesting. |
19 |
| 20 |  |
Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh got beat up by LBSU last week and have a schedule full of teams that they won’t overlook anymore. |
11 |
| 21 |  |
Mississippi State |
The Bulldogs got a couple great wins against Texas A&M and Arizona. We shall see if they can keep it up. |
NR |
| 22 |  |
California |
We will find out just how good Cal is when they play Georiga and either Notre Dame or Mizzou in Kansas City. |
NR |
| 23 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga has been tested early, but they keep winning and growing as a team. The usual tough schedule is coming. |
25 |
| 24 |  |
Baylor |
Baylor is going to keep slowly moving up the rankings until they play somebody good, which happens in December. |
24 |
| 25 |  |
Creighton |
This isn’t like the MVC of year’s past, but Creighton is the cream of the crop after pounding Iowa on Sunday. |
NR |
