No. 7 Men's Basketball Matches Best AP Rank Ever

OMAHA, Neb. -- The Creighton men's basketball team, picked to finish seventh in the preseason BIG EAST Conference poll, is now ranked seventh country in the Associated Press poll released on Monday, March 9.

The Bluejays moved up four spots following a 2-0 week that helped Creighton earn a share of its first BIG EAST title.

This week's No. 7 ranking matches Creighton's best ever, tying the rank on Jan. 16, 2017.

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

Creighton (24-7, 13-5 BIG EAST) has now been ranked 95 times in program history, with 67 of those under the direction of Greg McDermott. Creighton is 120-46 all-time as a ranked team, including an 86-34 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.

In addition, this is the 12th time that Creighton has earned a top-10 ranking in program history. Eleven of those weeks have come under McDermott's leadership.

CU is one of four BIG EAST teams that are nationally ranked by the AP this week, joining No. 11 Villanova, No. 16 Seton Hall and No. 24 Butler. Providence is listed among those teams also receiving votes. Kansas remains the nation's top-ranked squad.

The NCAA NET ranking has Creighton 11th. The USA Today/Coaches poll, which had Creighton 14th a week ago, has CU up to ninth.

Creighton will be the top seed in the BIG EAST Tournament Presented by Jeep and play on FS1 on Thursday at 11 a.m. Central against the winner of Wednesday night's First Round match-up between Georgetown and St. John's.

Associated Press Top 25
March 9, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Kansas (65)   28-3   1625
2   Gonzaga   29-2   1546
3   Dayton   29-2   1507
4   Florida State   26-5   1384
5   Baylor   26-4   1322
6   San Diego State   30-2   1261
7   Creighton   24-7   1157
8   Kentucky   25-6   1118
9   Michigan State   22-9   995
10   Duke   25-6   990
11   Villanova   24-7   989
12   Maryland   24-7   912
13   Oregon   24-7   904
14   BYU   24-7   762
15   Louisville   24-7   755
16   Seton Hall   21-9   722
17   Virginia   23-7   560
18   Wisconsin   21-10   495
19   Ohio State   21-10   443
20   Auburn   25-6   436
21   Illinois   21-10   241
22   Houston   23-8   167
23   West Virginia   21-10   167
24   Butler   22-9   161
25   Iowa   20-11   111
Others receiving votes: Stephen F. Austin 75, Providence 66, East Tennessee State 59, Michigan 53, Penn State 42, Utah State 40, Saint Mary's 9, Arizona 7, Liberty 6, USC 6, Richmond 5, Northern Iowa 4, UCLA 4, New Mexico State 4, Rutgers 4, Texas Tech 3, Vermont 2, LSU 2, Purdue 1, Belmont 1, Mississippi State 1, Florida 1.

USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
March 9, 2020
Rk   School   W-L    PTS
1   Kansas (32)   28-3   800
2   Gonzaga   29-2   755
3   Dayton   29-2   743
4   Florida State   26-5   659
5   Baylor   26-4   656
6   San Diego State   30-2   584
7   Kentucky   25-6   570
8   Villanova   24-7   524
9   Creighton   24-7   513
10   Duke   25-6   508
11   Maryland   24-7   487
12   Michigan State   22-9   431
13   Oregon   24-7   425
14   Louisville   24-7   421
15   Seton Hall   21-9   383
16   BYU   24-7   340
17   Auburn   25-6   228
18   Virginia   23-7   227
19   Wisconsin   21-10   225
20   Ohio State   21-10   193
21   Butler   22-9   145
22   Illinois   21-10   131
23   West Virginia   21-10   105
24   Houston   23-8   92
25   Iowa   20-11   79
Others receiving votes: Penn State 33; East Tennessee State 26; Michigan 25; Stephen F. Austin 16; Saint Mary's 12; Providence 11; Utah State 8; Texas Tech 8; Colorado 7; UCLA 6; Rutgers 5; LSU 5; Arizona 4; Southern California 3; Stanford 2; Richmond 2; Northern Iowa 2; Oklahoma 1.

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