St. John's Moves Up In USA Today Poll

 

Donovan Mitchell taking this jumper in last Monday night's St. John's win over Butler. Photo by Jason Schott.

The St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team remained at No. 17 in the AP Top 25, and moved up one spot to No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

This week, St. John's won their two games to run their winning streak to 11 games.

On Monday night at Madison Square Garden, they beat Xavier, 87-82, and on Saturday, they won at Providence, 79-69.

The Red Storm are now 20-5 overall, and 13-1 in Big East Conference play, just 1/2-game behind Connecticut for the top spot in the conference.

Connecticut is the only other Big East school in the national rankings.

AP TOP 25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (released February 16):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Michigan - 24-1 - 1524 - 60

2. Houston - 23-2 - 1402 - 1

3. Duke - 23-2 - 1397

4. Arizona - 23-2 - 1358

5. UConn - 24-2 - 1318

6. Iowa State - 22-3 - 1212

7. Purdue - 21-4 - 1042

8. Kansas - 19-6 - 1011

9. Nebraska - 22-3 - 982

10. Illinois - 21-5 - 938

11. Gonzaga - 25-2 - 903

12. Florida - 19-6 - 895

13. Texas Tech - 19-6 - 822

14. Virginia - 22-3 - 730

15. Michigan State - 20-5 - 681

16. North Carolina - 20-5 - 594

17. St. John's - 20-5 - 590

18. Saint Louis - 24-1 - 468

19. Vanderbilt - 21-4 - 449

20. Arkansas - 19-6 - 387

21. Louisville - 19-6 - 263

22. Miami (OH) - 25-0 - 238

23. BYU - 19-6 - 214

24. Wisconsin - 18-7 - 109

25. Alabama - 18-7 - 104

RECEIVED VOTES: Clemson (55), Utah St (45), Tennessee (36), Villanova (29), Kentucky (15), Miami (10), Saint Mary's (3), VCU (1). 

USA TODAY SPORTS COACHES POLL (released February 16):

RANKING - TEAM - RECORD - POINTS - FIRST-PLACE VOTES:

1. Michigan - 24-1  - 775 - 31

2. Houston - 23-2 - 719

3. Duke - 23-2 - 695

4. Arizona - 23-2 - 670

5. UConn - 24-2 - 663

6. Iowa State - 22-3 - 624

7. Purdue - 21-4 - 542

8. Gonzaga - 25-2 - 500

9. Nebraska - 22-3 - 497

10. Illinois - 21-5 - 491

11. Kansas - 19-6  - 445

12. Purdue - 19-4 - 439

13. Texas Tech - 19-6 - 423

14. Virginia - 22-3 - 388

15. Michigan State - 20-5 - 349

16. St. John's - 20-5 - 315

17. Arkansas - 19-6 - 247

18. Vanderbilt - 21-4 - 244

19. Saint Louis - 24-1 - 233

20. North Carolina - 20-5 - 200

21. Louisville - 19-6 - 159

22. BYU - 19-6 - 114

23. Miami (OH) - 25-0 - 90

24. Clemson - 20-6 - 68

25. Wisconsin - 18-7 - 36

Schools Dropped Out: No. 25 Iowa

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Alabama (32), Villanova (30), Utah State (20), Tennessee (19), Iowa (7), Kentucky (6), Saint Mary's (2), Miami (FL) - (1).