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Virginia rises to season-best #3 in national polls

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virginia basketballWith its biggest week of the season before it, Virginia is ranked a season-best third in the Associated Press and USA Today national polls.

The Cavaliers (21-5, 10-4 ACC) won their only game last week, a 73-53 win on Feb. 22 over NC State.

UVA faces Miami (21-5, 10-4 ACC), ranked 11th in the USA Today poll and 12th in the AP poll, tonight at 7 p.m.

Villanova (24-3) was ranked first in both polls for the third straight week. Kansas (23-4) is second in both polls.

North Carolina (22-5, 11-3 ACC), which faces Virginia in Charlottesville on Saturday, is sixth in the coaches poll and seventh in the writers poll.

 

AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Villanova (45) 24-3 1,604
2 Kansas (20) 23-4 1,580
3 Virginia 21-5 1,393
3 Oklahoma 21-5 1,393
5 Xavier 24-3 1,368
6 Michigan State 22-5 1,346
7 North Carolina 22-5 1,241
8 Iowa 20-6 1,144
9 Arizona 22-5 1,028
10 Maryland 23-5 976
11 Louisville 21-6 902
12 Miami (FL) 21-5 851
13 Oregon 21-6 842
14 West Virginia 20-7 772
15 Duke 20-7 674
16 Kentucky 20-7 627
17 Iowa State 19-8 616
18 Indiana 22-6 571
19 Baylor 20-7 521
20 Purdue 21-7 357
21 Texas A&M 20-7 283
22 Utah 21-7 253
23 Notre Dame 18-8 185
24 SMU 22-4 154
25 Texas 17-10 104
USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Villanova (25) 24-3 792
2 Kansas (7) 23-4 751
3 Virginia 21-5 679
4 Oklahoma 21-5 668
5 Xavier 24-3 652
6 North Carolina 22-5 639
7 Michigan State 22-5 626
8 Iowa 20-6 561
9 Maryland 23-5 527
10 Arizona 22-5 512
11 Miami (FL) 21-5 466
12 West Virginia 20-7 366
13 Oregon 21-6 365
14 Kentucky 20-7 333
15 Indiana 22-6 317
16 Baylor 20-7 305
17 Iowa State 19-8 304
18 Duke 20-7 303
19 Purdue 21-7 245
20 Notre Dame 18-8 176
21 Texas A&M 20-7 172
22 Dayton 21-5 121
23 Utah 21-7 120
24 Providence 19-8 102
25 Texas 17-10 66

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