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Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll: Jerry Carino's ballot

jerry carino, asbury park press
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  1. Purdue (21-1)

  2. Tennessee (18-3)

  3. Houston (20-2)

  4. Arizona (19-3)

  5. Kansas St. (18-3)

  6. Alabama (18-3)

  7. Virginia (16-3)

  8. Marquette (17-5)

  9. Baylor (16-5)

  10. Kansas (17-4)

  11. Iowa St. (15-5)

  12. UCLA (17-4)

  13. Texas (17-4)

  14. TCU (16-5)

  15. Gonzaga (18-4)

  16. Providence (17-5)

  17. Xavier (17-5)

  18. Florida Atlantic (21-1)

  19. Saint Mary’s (19-4)

  20. Clemson (18-4)

  21. Indiana (15-6)

  22. San Diego State (17-4)

  23. Charleston (21-2)

  24. Boise State (17-5)

  25. Illinois (15-6)

Marquette head coach Shaka Smart reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Seton Hall in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Marquette head coach Shaka Smart reacts during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Seton Hall in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)

Dropped out: No. 15 Auburn (16-5) after losses to Texas A&M and West Virginia; No. 19 UConn (16-6) after a loss to No. 13 Xavier; No. 20 Miami (16-5) after a loss to Pittsburgh; No. 25 New Mexico (19-3) after a loss to Nevada.

Entered: Indiana at No. 21 after five straight wins; San Diego State at No. 22 after four straight wins; Boise State at No. 24 after improving to 7-4 in Quads 1-2 and 7-4 in road/neutral games. Illinois at No. 25 after winning six of the past seven Big Ten contests.

Also considered: Creighton (13-8), N.C. State (17-5).

Analysis: Marquette rises eight spots, mostly because the Golden Eagles were woefully under-ranked last week…Baylor also rises eight spots after beating Kansas and Arkansas...Charleston stays on my ballot because there is no shame in losing a four-point decision to a good Hofstra squad…tough to rank the Big 12 teams because the league is so good that teams are bound to knock each other off. Bottom line: Can’t penalize a loss too severely…Mid-majors dominate the bottom part of my ballot because as we relearn every March, there is no gap between the best mid-majors and good high-majors.

By conference: Big 12 (6), Big East (3), Big Ten (3), ACC (2), Mountain West (2), Pac-12 (2), SEC (2) West Coast (2), American (1), Colonial (1), Conference USA (1).

Jerry Carino has covered the New Jersey sports scene since 1996 and the college basketball beat since 2003. He is an Associated Press Top 25 voter. Contact him at jcarino@gannettnj.com.

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