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The celebration on Saturday when St. John's clinched the Big East. Photo by Jason Schott. |
The St. John's Red Storm, the Big East Regular Season Champions, moved up to No. 6 in both the Associated Press poll, and the USA Today Coaches' poll on Monday.
St. John's is now 26-4 on the season, including 17-2 in Big East play. They clinched the conference on Saturday with a 71-61 victory over Seton Hall at Madison Square Garden.
It is their highest ranking in the AP poll since it was No. 5 on January 29, 1991, during the 1990-91 season. They have been ranked inside the Top 10 in the poll for four straight weeks, the longest duration since the seven weeks from December 25, 1990 through February 5, 1991.
St. John's has now been in the national rankings for seven straight weeks, the longest stretch since the 1998-99 team was in it for 16 weeks.
In the USA Today Poll, St. John's has been in the Top 10 for the past five weeks.
The only other Big East team in the Top 25 is Marquette, which came in at No. 20 in both the AP poll and USA Today Coaches' Poll.
AP TOP 25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (released March 3):
RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:
1. Auburn - 27-2 - 1525 - 61
2. Duke - 26-3 - 1458
3. Houston - 25-4 - 1396
4. Tennessee - 24-5 - 1326
5. Florida - 25-4 - 1247
6. St. John's - 26-4 - 1179
7. Alabama - 23-6 - 1176
8. Michigan State - 24-5 - 1165
9. Texas Tech - 22-7 - 947
10. Iowa State - 22-7 - 918
11. Clemson - 24-5 - 905
12. Wisconsin - 22-7 - 815
13. Maryland - 22-7 - 628
14. Louisville - 23-6 - 606
15. Missouri - 21-8 - 603
16. Memphis - 24-5 - 560
17. Michigan - 22-7 - 494
18. Purdue - 20-9 - 454
19. Kentucky - 19-10 - 417
20. Marquette - 22-7 - 409
21. Saint Mary's - 27-4 - 399
22. Texas A&M - 20-9 - 364
23. BYU - 21-8 - 287
24. Arizona - 19-10 - 162
25. Mississippi State - 20-9 - 87
RECEIVED VOTES: VCU (85), Vanderbilt (78), Oregon (37), Drake (18), UC San Diego (17), Illinois (16), Mississippi (13), UCLA (8), Gonzaga (8), Kansas (5), High Point (4), UConn (4), New Mexico (2), Creighton (2), Akron (1).
USA TODAY SPORTS COACHES POLL (released March 3):
RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:
1. Auburn - 27-2 - 774 - 30
2. Duke - 26-3 - 737 - 1
3. Houston - 25-4 - 707
4. Tennessee - 24-5 - 671
5. Florida - 25-4 - 653
6. St. John's - 26-4 - 612
7. Michigan State - 24-5 - 587
8. Alabama - 23-6 - 566
9. Texas Tech - 22-7 - 504
10. Iowa State - 22-7 - 484
11. Clemson - 24-5 - 442
12. Wisconsin - 22-7 - 391
13. Louisville - 23-6 - 365
14. Maryland - 22-7 - 341
15. Michigan - 22-7 - 288
16. Memphis - 24-5 - 272
17. Saint Mary's - 27-4 - 262
18. Purdue - 20-9 - 257
19. Missouri - 21-8 - 236
20. Marquette - 22-7 - 204
21. Texas A&M - 20-9 - 169
22. BYU - 21-8 - 127
23. Arizona - 19-10 - 91
24. Kentucky - 19-10 - 88
25. VCU - 24-5 - 54
SCHOOLS DROPPED OUT: No. 24 Mississippi State; No. 25 Creighton
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Mississippi State (38), New Mexico (24), Creighton (24), UC San Diego (21), Vanderbilt (17), Gonzaga (17), Oregon (14), UConn (10), Drake (10), UCLA (9), Illinois (6), Ole Miss (2), Boise State (1).
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