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Oregon Basketball Rises One Spot in Week 2 AP Poll

By Alex Weber

LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 09: Head coach Dana Altman of the Oregon Ducks signals his players during a semifinal game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament against the USC Trojans at T-Mobile Arena on March 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Trojans won 74-54. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - MARCH 09: Head coach Dana Altman of the Oregon Ducks signals his players during a semifinal game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament against the USC Trojans at T-Mobile Arena on March 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Trojans won 74-54. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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After careening Portland State and Eastern Washington in the opening week, Oregon Basketball sees a one spot rise in the Associated Press Poll.

Here is the entire poll, for your viewing:

  1. Duke
  2. Kansas
  3. Gonzaga
  4. Virginia
  5. Tennessee
  6. Nevada
  7. North Carolina
  8. Villanova
  9. Auburn
  10. Kentucky
  11. Michigan State
  12. Kansas State
  13. Oregon
  14. Florida State
  15. Syracuse
  16. Virginia Tech
  17. Mississippi State
  18. Michigan
  19. Clemson
  20. UCLA
  21. TCU
  22. LSU
  23. Purdue
  24. Marquette
  25. Buffalo

Others receiving votes:West Virginia 145, Indiana 131, Nebraska 41, Wisconsin 32, Washington 29, Maryland 28, Notre Dame 24, Miami 16, Ohio St. 14, Alabama 11, Iowa St. 9, Florida 9, Louisville 8, Texas 6, Texas Tech 5, Arizona St 4, Butler 4, Vanderbilt 4, Loyola of Chicago 3, Arizona 2, St. John’s 2, Marshall 2, Xavier 2, Penn 1, Furman 1, Davidson 1, S Illinois 1

Too High

Michigan – The Wolverines clearly don’t have as much talent as they did a year ago. Charles Matthews will eventually develop into a go-to crunch-time scorer later in the season, but he still looks like last year’s edition. Until he and some of the role players take a step up on offense, this team can’t compete with most of the top 25.

Kansas State – They only played one game and the offense was sluggish and completely stagnant.   In their matchup with Kennesaw State, Bruce Weber’s club had just seven players score–and only three of those seven scored more than 6. Not good. This team needs a bench that can score or they’ll be run out of the gym by Marquette in a few weeks.

Too Low

Buffalo – Please. They just won at West Virginia! College Basketball Teams Not Named Kansas do not do that! C’mon AP! Just because Buffalo is a mid-major and wasn’t ranked in the preseason doesn’t mean they aren’t one of the 10-20 best teams in the country. With CJ Massinburg, Jeremy Harris and Nick Perkins, Nate Oats’ squad can and will do damage against Power programs. Ask Bob Huggins.

Auburn – Besides Duke, no one has looked more impressive than Auburn. They just pummeled a stingy Washington zone and racked up 88 points in route to a 22 point pounding. Bruce Pearl’s club plays exhilarating defense and makes a TON of threes. This club should be comfortably in the top 5–anyone who actually watches the games would agree.

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