St. John's Jumps In National Polls

 

Zuby Ejiofor powering his way to the hoop on Tuesday night against Georgetown. Photo by Jason Schott.

The St. John's Red Storm made a big jump in the national polls this week, as they came in at No. 13 in both the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches' Poll.

In the AP poll, St. John's moved up five spots, and four in the USA Today one, after they won the Big East regular season championship for a second straight season.

St. John's finished with a record of 18-2 in Big East Conference play, 25-6 overall, after they beat Georgetown, 79-62, on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, and Seton Hall, 72-65, in Newark, on Friday night, in their games this past week.

AP TOP 25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLL (released March 9):

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

1. Duke - 29-2 - 1519 - 56

2. Arizona - 29-2 - 1439 - 4

3. Michigan - 29-2 - 1434 - 1

4. Florida - 25-6 - 1337

5. Houston - 24-5 - 1241

6. UConn - 27-4 - 1178

7. Iowa State - 25-6 - 1137

8. Michigan State - 25-6 - 1083

9. Illinois - 24-7 - 1037

10. Virginia - 27-4 - 953

11. Nebraska - 26-5 - 939

12. Gonzaga - 28-3 - 846

13. St. John's - 25-6 - 733

14. Kansas - 22-9 - 608

15. Alabama - 23-8 - 602

16. Texas Tech - 22-9 - 554

17. Arkansas - 23-8 - 532

18. Purdue - 23-8 - 529

19. North Carolina - 24-7 - 488

20. Miami (OH) - 31-0 - 420

21. Saint Mary's - 27-4 - 325

22. Vanderbilt - 24-7 - 323

23. Wisconsin - 22-9 - 201

24. Louisville - 22-9 - 140

25. Tennessee - 21-10 - 72

RECEIVED VOTES: Miami (60), TCU (19), BYU (18), Saint Louis (12), High Point (11), Georgia (10), UCLA (3), VCU (3), Stephen F Austin (2), Utah St. (2), Ohio State (2), Missouri (2), Akron (1).

USA TODAY SPORTS COACHES POLL (released March 9):

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

1. Duke - 29-2 - 772 - 28

2. Arizona - 29-2 - 737 - 3

3. Michigan - 29-2 - 721

4. Florida - 25-6  - 677

5. Houston - 24-5  - 640

6. UConn - 27-4 - 614

7. Iowa State - 25-6 - 564

8. Michigan State - 25-6 - 537

9. Illinois - 24-7 - 514

10. Nebraska - 26-5 - 492

11. Virginia - 27-4 - 475

12. Gonzaga - 28-3 - 439

13. St. John's - 25-6  - 366

14. Texas Tech - 22-9 - 319

15. Alabama - 23-8 - 313

16. Kansas - 22-9 - 308

17. Arkansas - 23-8 - 295

18. Purdue - 23-8 - 294

19. North Carolina - 24-7 - 199

20. Miami-OH - 31-0 - 191

21. Saint Mary's - 27-4 - 177

22. Vanderbilt - 24-7 - 160

23. Wisconsin - 22-9 - 90

24. Louisville - 22-9 - 73

25. Miami-FL - 24-7 - 31

Schools Dropped Out: No. 24 Saint Louis, No. 25 Tennessee

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Villanova (27), Tennessee (22), Saint Louis (9), UCLA (6), Georgia (6), Utah State (3), Ohio State (2), BYU (2).