Men's Basketball Ranked For Fifth Straight Week; Now 11th in AP Poll

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team moved from 10th to 11th after losing its lone game last week.

This marks the sixth time this season that Creighton has been ranked, and fifth consecutive week.

Creighton (22-7, 11-5 BIG EAST) has now been ranked 94 times in program history, with 66 of those under the direction of Greg McDermott. Creighton is 118-46 all-time as a ranked team, including an 84-34 mark under McDermott. Creighton has been ranked at least one week in seven of McDermott's 10 seasons on The Hilltop after doing it just five different seasons in program history before his 2010 arrival.

The Bluejays close the regular-season this week with a pair of home games, starting with Wednesday's 7 p.m. game vs. Georgetown that will be televised by FSN.

CU is one of three BIG EAST teams that are nationally ranked by the AP this week, joining No. 8 Seton Hall and No. 14 Villanova. Butler, Marquette and Providence are listed among those teams also receiving votes. Kansas remains the nation's top-ranked squad.

The NCAA NET ranking has Creighton 13th. The USA Today/Coaches poll had Creighton 14th, down three spots from a week ago. Seton Hall is seventh and Villanova 12th in that poll.

Associated Press Top 25
March 2, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Kansas (64)   26-3   1600
2   Gonzaga   29-2   1514
3   Dayton   27-2   1453
4   Baylor   25-3   1395
5   San Diego State   28-1   1375
6   Kentucky   24-5   1253
7   Florida State   24-5   1164
8   Seton Hall   21-7   1145
9   Maryland   23-6   1041
10   Louisville   24-6   948
11   Creighton   22-7   843
12   Duke   23-6   809
13   Oregon   22-7   802
14   Villanova   22-7   779
15   BYU   24-7   756
16   Michigan State   20-9   726
17   Auburn   24-5   575
18   Iowa   20-9   492
19   Ohio State   20-9   489
20   Penn State   21-8   367
21   Houston   22-7   265
22   Virginia   21-7   219
23   Illinois   20-9   208
24   Wisconsin   19-10   179
25   Michigan   18-11   94
Others receiving votes: Butler 68, UCLA 54, Stephen F. Austin 47, East Tennessee State 31, West Virginia 22, Providence 17, Colorado 13, Marquette 12, Arizona 9, Texas Tech 9, Northern Iowa 4, Oklahoma 4, Stanford 4, Arizona State 4, Wichita State 2, Saint Mary's 2, LSU 2, New Mexico State 2, USC 1, Belmont 1, Vermont 1.

USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
February 24, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Kansas (32)   26-3   800
2   Gonzaga   29-2   742
3   Dayton   27-2   741
4   Baylor   25-3   694
5   San Diego State   28-1   680
6   Kentucky   24-5   628
7   Seton Hall   21-7   567
8   Florida State   24-5   555
9   Maryland   23-6   516
10   Louisville   24-6   494
11   Duke   23-6   419
12   Villanova   22-7   392
13   Oregon   22-7   387
14   Creighton   22-7   385
15   BYU   24-7   323
   Auburn   24-5   323
17   Michigan State   20-9   310
18   Iowa   20-9   301
19   Ohio State   20-9   240
20   Penn State   21-8   232
21   Houston   22-7   141
22   Virginia   21-7   79
   Illinois   20-9   79
24   Wisconsin   19-10   78
25   Butler   20-9   60
Others receiving votes: Michigan 31; UCLA 30; West Virginia 27; Colorado 26; Northern Iowa 19; East Tennessee State 16; Stephen F. Austin 15; Texas Tech 14; Arizona 14; Saint Mary's 13; Marquette 13; Louisiana State 4; Texas 3; Providence 3; Yale 2; Southern California 2; Wichita State 1; Stanford 1.

Men's Basketball Ranked For Fifth Straight Week; Now 11th in AP Poll

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