2/18 Men’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
February 18, 2013 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Indiana | Hosting Nebraska and Purdue was a very easy week in the Big Ten. This week they head to East Lansing. | 2 |
| 2 |  |
Miami | Miami held on to win at FSU and Clemson. It wasn’t pretty, but winning close road games is why they are 12-0. | 4 |
| 3 |  |
Gonzaga | Gonzaga is 12-0 in WCC play after winning at Saint Mary’s and USF. They only have one more road game left. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Michigan State | The Spartans blew out Michigan and now the Hoosiers are coming to town. MSU also goes to OSU on Sunday. | 8 |
| 5 |  |
Duke | Duke could not pull it off at Maryland. But this week should be much easier with VT and BC on the slate. | 1 |
| 6 |  |
Florida | Florida’s defense shut down Kentucky and Auburn. Missouri will score more than 52 points on Tuesday. | 7 |
| 7 |  |
Michigan | Michigan got destroyed by Michigan State. Soon they will look for revenge upon their rivals, but first is Illinois. | 5 |
| 8 |  |
Syracuse | The Orange play Georgetown twice and Marquette once so the Big East title chase is wide, wide open. | 6 |
| 9 |  |
Georgetown | The Hoyas got a couple quality wins last week over Marquette and Cincinnati. They go to Syracuse on Saturday. | 13 |
| 10 |  |
Kansas | The Jayhawks are back on track and this week they are looking for revenge against Oklahoma State and TCU. | 12 |
| 11 |  |
Louisville | Louisville added two wins last week following their thrilling loss to Notre Dame. This week they host Seton Hall. | 11 |
| 12 |  |
Kansas State | Just because TCU beat Kansas doesn’t mean Kansas State should have. This week they play WVU and Texas. | 10 |
| 13 |  |
Arizona | Arizona lost to Colorado and then followed it up with a close victory over a not so good Utah squad. | 9 |
| 14 |  |
Oklahoma State | Kansas will be looking for revenge against a very hot Oklahoma State squad on Wednesday night. | 22 |
| 15 |  |
Ohio State | Ohio State had a tough loss at Wisconsin. The difficult games continue this week with Minnesota and MSU. | 14 |
| 16 |  |
New Mexico | The road to the conference title will go through Fort Collins and that is where New Mexico is headed next. | 17 |
| 17 |  |
Butler | The Bulldogs fell at home to a very good Charlotte team before narrowly beating Fordham on the road. | 15 |
| 18 |  |
Pittsburgh | Pitt was cruising along nicely until they ran into the Golden Eagles of Marquette on Saturday afternoon. | 16 |
| 19 |  |
Marquette | Marquette fell at Georgetown early last week, but the offense was much improved in a win over Pittsburgh. | 18 |
| 20 |  |
Memphis | There have not been too many quality wins during Memphis’ 16 game winning streak, but that’s still quite a streak. | NR |
| 21 |  |
Wisconsin | After losing at Minnesota, the Badgers demolished Ohio State. The schedule eases up a bit this week. | 20 |
| 22 |  |
Colorado State | The Rams will be playing for the upperhand for a MW title on Saturday against New Mexico. | NR |
| 23 |  |
Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is looking for a perfect conference season, but USU, NMSU and Denver all stand in the way. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Oregon | It took an overtime game against WSU for the Ducks to come away from Washington with two victories. | NR |
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VCU | The Rams can make a big run up the rankings, and the bracket seedings, with wins at St. Louis and Xavier. | NR |
