Colorado University Athletics
MBB Enters Top-25 Poll for First Time Since 1996-97 Season
January 30, 2006 | Men's Basketball
BOULDER - The University of Colorado men's basketball team, currently 15-3 overall and 5-2 in the Big 12 Conference, is the No. 25 nationally ranked team in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll (week 13) with 54 votes.
CU currently sits in second place in the Big 12 standings, is riding a five-game winning streak their longest in the conference since the 1996-97 season.
The Buffaloes are not ranked in the Associated Press poll, however are receiving votes with 83 and rank No. 27 overall.
The ranking is the first for the CU men's basketball program since the 1996-97 season when they were ranked as high 15th in Associated Press and 16th in the coaches poll. Entering the NCAA Tournament against North Carolina back on March 15, 1997, the Buffs were last ranked 18th in AP and 23rd in the coaches polls.
The Buffaloes are idle until Sunday, Feb. 5 when they travel to Iowa State (13-7, 3-4 Big 12).
Here's a Marcus Hall update since he was carried off the court on a stretcher in Saturday night's win over Kansas State. Hall was released from Boulder Community Hospital Saturday night and received IV fluids. There were no spinal injuries and he is suffering from lower back spasms. Hall is listed as day-to-day.
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
Jan. 30-Feb. 5 (week 13)Â
1) Connecticut (20) 18-1 Â Â Â Â Â 758
2) Duke (10)Â Â Â Â 19-1Â Â Â Â Â Â 751
3) Memphis (1) Â Â Â Â 19-2 Â Â Â Â Â 711
4) Villanova     15-2      657
5) Gonzaga     17-3     615
6) Illinois      19-2     610
7) Florida      18-2     582
8) Texas        17-3     577
9) Pittsburgh     17-1    559
10) George Washington 16-1 Â 450
11) West Virginia  15-4     401
12) Michigan State 16-5 Â Â Â Â 397
13) UCLA 17-4 Â Â Â Â 345
14) Boston College 16-4 Â Â Â Â 325
15) Washington     16-4    310
16) Tennessee     14-3     300
17) N.C. State     16-4     274
18) Oklahoma     13-4     267
19) Ohio State     14-3     245
20) Michigan     15-3     177
21) Indiana     12-5    171
22) Georgetown     14-4   140
23) Maryland     14-5     91
24) Northern Iowa 19-3 Â Â Â Â 57
25) Colorado     15-3 54
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