Final Poll from USA Today

UK finished 3rd. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/usatpoll.htm

Not bad finish at all. :thumb: (Not as great as UConn's but that's the way it goes)

Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week's rank

1. Connecticut (30) 32-9 773 8

2. Butler 28-10 704 NR

3. Kentucky 29-9 676 10

4. Kansas 35-3 659 2

5. Ohio State (1) 34-3 630 1

6. Virginia Commonwealth 28-12 555 NR

7. Duke 32-5 554 3

8. North Carolina 29-8 532 7

9. Arizona 30-8 531 18

10. Florida 29-8 503 13

11. San Diego State 34-3 479 5

12. Pittsburgh 28-6 448 4

13. Brigham Young 32-5 376 12

14. Notre Dame 27-7 336 6

15. Wisconsin 25-9 311 16

16. Texas 28-8 290 9

17. Purdue 26-8 276 15

18. Syracuse 27-8 250 14

19. Florida State 23-11 197 NR

20. Marquette 22-15 159 NR

21. Richmond 29-8 152 NR

22. Louisville 25-10 147 11

23. Washington 24-11 108 23

24. Kansas State 23-11 73 24

25. Utah State 30-4 51 17

Garbage. Read it. Crumble it up and throw it away. Garbage.

Doesn't mean a whole lot, but I'll take it...not bad for a four seed coming into the tourny.

Didn't Arizona beat Duke in the tournament?

And who is the clown who voted Ohio St #1?

Garbage. Read it. Crumble it up and throw it away. Garbage.

Why?

Louisville still winds up in the top 25. I think this poll is AWESOME.

Why?

None of it makes sense. Butler goes from unranked to #2(should be #5 at best...I say #7), VCU with 12 losses is #6 though? Based on voting VCU should be at worst #4, correct? How can the voting be half right? Arizona beats Duke but is 2 spots behind Duke after giving the National Champs a better game than the #2 team did? North Carolina makes it farther than Duke but is behind Duke? Duke who lost 5 games all year is behind 12 loss VCU despite Duke being ranked higher than teams that made it farther than Duke in the tourney? Ohio State gets a first-place vote? Florida loses to the #2 team in the nation(Butler) in the Elite 8 but is ranked 10th? Should I go on? There is no rhyme or reason to this Final Poll. It looks like the coaches threw some votes down without any thought and refocused on their offseasons. Garbage. In my opinion.

Didn't Arizona beat Duke in the tournament?

 

And who is the clown who voted Ohio St #1?

VCU also beat Kansas.

Is this poll usually this crazy?

Why even do this final poll- what is the point? What about the person that gave Ohio State a first place vote? What is the reasoning behind not giving the National Champion the first place vote? I am not sure the final poll does anything except create controversy.

Is this poll usually this crazy?

Yes. They don't have to put their name on the final poll of the year...

Looks good to me .

I really don't think it's that crazy. I mean they clearly base it off the tournament more so than anything else.

The person who voted for Ohio State is obviously a Sullinger fan...