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Oregon Basketball Drops in AP Poll After Iowa Loss

By Alex Weber

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Payton Pritchard #3 of the Oregon Ducks dribbles the ball past Iowa Hawkeyes defense during the first half of the game against Iowa Hawkeyes during the 2k Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 15: Payton Pritchard #3 of the Oregon Ducks dribbles the ball past Iowa Hawkeyes defense during the first half of the game against Iowa Hawkeyes during the 2k Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images) /
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The Oregon Basketball team came away from Madison Square Garden and the 2K Classic with an even 1-1 record, losing to Iowa and beating Syracuse. Those results led to a drop in the Polls

Here is the entire Associated Press Poll for your viewing, shall you so desire.

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

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 98, Indiana 74, Maryland 56, Villanova 53, Furman 50, Syracuse 29, Washington 29, Texas 23, West Virginia 18, Miami 18, Butler 18, St. John’s 13, Iowa St. 11, Texas Tech 8, Florida 7, Marquette 7, Saint Louis 6, Arizona St 4, Vanderbilt 4, Notre Dame 4, Marshall 4, UConn 3, Loyola of Chicago 2, Temple 2, Loyola Marymount 2, Davidson 1, Arkansas 1.

Too High

Kansas State – Frankly, KSU hasn’t been impressive so far. On defense, as predicted, they’ve been solid. Buckets aren’t easy to come by. They’re working teams on that end: shutting off cuts, defending the pick-and-roll well and bullying the lesser competition on the glass. Typical Bruce Weber stuff. But that’s not the phase of their game I was concerned about. It’s the offense. For the majority of 2018, the Wildcats were abysmal in terms of scoring ability. Until Xavier Sneed morphed into Klay Thompson during the Tournament, their ability to go on one of those 14-2/10-0 runs in two minutes was non-existent. So far this year, the same inability to light it up. Count me as someone who’s skeptical of the Cats.

Too Low

Iowa – Iowa just whipped us and UCONN–two very sound basketball teams–in a matter of two days. That’s impressive. Of the 20 teams ahead of the Hawkeyes, less than five have as impressive a resume. Fran McCaffery’s squad is veteran, gets stops defensively and shoots lights out from 3. They have deep-March potential and I think there’s a fascinating case to be made for them as a sleeper Big-10 champion.

Furman – Who? The Furman Paladins. Furman, over the span of two weeks, has won at Loyola-Chicago and at Villanova. For reference, that’s half of the 2018 Final Four. By the way, that’s a pretty damn good pair of wins. Even Jay Bilas is impressed. Go Paladins. And c’mon AP Voters! Put the Paladins in the rankings!

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