3/2 Men’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
March 3, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Florida | Florida extended their winning streak to 21. The finish up at South Carolina and at home to Kentucky. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Wichita State | The Shockers wrapped up their perfect regular season with an easy win over MSU. Now it’s off to Arch Madness. | 2 |
| 3 |  |
Arizona | Arizona easily took care of Stanford and Cal at home. Maybe Oregon and OSU will give them a test on the road. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Duke | Duke deserved an easy week, beating VT easily in their lone game. Next up is WF and revenge against UNC. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Virginia | An outright ACC title with a week left to go should give Virginia some much deserved respect. | 13 |
| 6 |  |
Syracuse | Syracuse is on a big slide after losing three of their last four contests. They can turn it around against GT and FSU. | 3 |
| 7 |  |
Villanova | Villanova beat up on Butler and Marquette last week. The contest at Xavier on Thursday should be closer. | 9 |
| 8 |  |
Kansas | The Jayhawks can still move up to a #1 seed in the NCAAs, but the loss to Oklahoma State hurt. | 7 |
| 9 |  |
Creighton | Creighton still has a shot at winning the Big East, but they will almost certainly need to beat G’town and Providence. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Louisville | The AAC title is up for grabs after Louisville lost at Memphis. They still have to play SMU and Connecticut. | 6 |
| 11 |  |
San Diego State | In a tough week for many top 15 teams, San Diego State took care of business against SJSU and Fresno State. | 12 |
| 12 |  |
Cincinnati | It turned out Cincinnati had a golden opportunity to take control of the AAC, but they lost at Connecticut. | 10 |
| 13 |  |
Wisconsin | The Badgers hope to take a nine game winning streak into the Big Ten Tournament, but they have to win at Nebraska. | 18 |
| 14 |  |
Saint Louis | The long Billikens run came to a halt on Thursday night against Duquesne and the losing streak continued at VCU. | 8 |
| 15 |  |
Michigan | Michigan is one win away from an outright Big Ten title. It should happen at Illinois or at home against Indiana. | 15 |
| 16 |  |
North Carolina | The Tar Heels are getting hot at the right time and a win at Cameron Indoor on Saturday night would be huge. | 21 |
| 17 |  |
Michigan State | The Spartans finally had a full squad, although not entirely healthy, but scored just 46 in a loss to Illinois. | 16 |
| 18 |  |
Connecticut | Shabazz Napier and his Huskies found a nice win over Cincy and can get another big win at Louisville. | NR |
| 19 |  |
Iowa State | Once again Iowa State failed to get the job done on the road. This week they head to Baylor. | 17 |
| 20 |  |
Oklahoma | OU played pretty well in a loss at KU and looked even better in a home win over Texas. | NR |
| 21 |  |
Southern Methodist | SMU is just a game behind Louisville and Cincinnati and they play the Cardinals on Wednesday night. | 24 |
| 22 |  |
Memphis | A win over Louisville was nice, but the Tigers still have a tough slate ahead of them to finish off the season. | 22 |
| 23 |  |
New Mexico | The Lobos stayed tied with San Diego State at 14-2 in MW play. It will all come down to Saturday’s showdown. | 23 |
| 24 |  |
Kansas State | Kansas State is part of a massive four way tie for second place in the Big 12. They finish against OSU and Baylor. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Kentucky | Kentucky’s close calls caught up with them last week as they lost to Arkansas and South Carolina. | 14 |
