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Tell me if you've seen this play out before: Kansas gets hot while the rest of the Big 12 crumbles under the weight of the conferences' stiff competition, allowing the Jayhawks to win the regular season title.
Bill Self's team hasn't lost a game since they played in Ames back on January 25th and find themselves back on top of the AP Poll with one week left in conference play. Their Big 12 title guaranteed, they can now set their sights on earning a trip to Des Moines as the big tournament's top seed.
Oklahoma finally lost control of their top 3 ranking, having lost 4 of their last 7 games, and find themselves as the AP's #6 team.
West Virginia (10), Baylor (19), Iowa State (21) and Texas (23) complete the list of Big 12 teams in the Top 25.
AP, followed by Coaches.
AP Top 25
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas (63) | 25-4 | 1,623 |
| 2 | Michigan State (2) | 24-5 | 1,510 |
| 3 | Villanova | 25-4 | 1,479 |
| 4 | Virginia | 22-6 | 1,405 |
| 5 | Xavier | 25-4 | 1,356 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 22-6 | 1,297 |
| 7 | Miami (FL) | 23-5 | 1,211 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 23-6 | 1,205 |
| 9 | Oregon | 23-6 | 1,065 |
| 10 | West Virginia | 22-7 | 1,056 |
| 11 | Louisville | 22-7 | 822 |
| 12 | Indiana | 23-6 | 819 |
| 13 | Utah | 23-7 | 751 |
| 14 | Maryland | 23-6 | 733 |
| 15 | Purdue | 22-7 | 613 |
| 16 | Iowa | 20-8 | 572 |
| 17 | Duke | 21-8 | 495 |
| 18 | Arizona | 22-7 | 450 |
| 19 | Baylor | 21-8 | 447 |
| 20 | Texas A&M | 22-7 | 419 |
| 21 | Iowa State | 20-9 | 413 |
| 22 | Kentucky | 21-8 | 405 |
| 23 | Texas | 19-10 | 338 |
| 24 | SMU | 24-4 | 196 |
| 25 | California | 21-8 | 178 |
| Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 93, Seton Hall 60, Wichita St 43, Saint Joseph's 29, Notre Dame 14, Texas Tech 12, Cincinnati 4, Vanderbilt 3, Saint Mary's 3, Arkansas-Little Rock 2, Valparaiso 2, Dayton 1, Stephen F. Austin 1 | |||
| Dropped out: Notre Dame 23. | |||
USA TODAY Coaches Poll
| RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | PREV | HI/LOW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas (31) | 25-4 | 799 | 2 | 1/7 |
| 2 | Villanova | 25-4 | 734 | 1 | 1/17 |
| 3 | Michigan St (1) | 24-5 | 733 | 7 | 1/13 |
| 4 | Virginia | 22-6 | 673 | 3 | 3/13 |
| 5 | Xavier | 25-4 | 637 | 5 | 4/NR |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 22-6 | 623 | 4 | 1/8 |
| 7 | Miami-Florida | 23-5 | 607 | 11 | 9/NR |
| 8 | North Carolina | 23-6 | 584 | 6 | 1/11 |
| 9 | West Virginia | 22-7 | 518 | 12 | 7/23 |
| 10 | Oregon | 23-6 | 510 | 13 | 12/NR |
| 11 | Indiana | 23-6 | 434 | 15 | 14/NR |
| 12 | Maryland | 23-6 | 405 | 9 | 2/9 |
| 13 | Purdue | 22-7 | 330 | 19 | 8/24 |
| 13 | Utah | 23-7 | 330 | 23 | 16/NR |
| 15 | Iowa | 20-8 | 321 | 8 | 4/NR |
| 16 | Arizona | 22-7 | 307 | 10 | 6/20 |
| 17 | Baylor | 21-8 | 288 | 16 | 13/25 |
| 18 | Texas A&M | 22-7 | 261 | 21 | 5/NR |
| 19 | Kentucky | 21-8 | 226 | 14 | 1/21 |
| 20 | Iowa St. | 20-9 | 221 | 17 | 2/21 |
| 21 | Duke | 21-8 | 211 | 18 | 3/NR |
| 22 | Texas | 19-10 | 187 | 25 | 25/NR |
| 23 | Wichita St. | 23-7 | 68 | 28 | 11/NR |
| 24 | St. Mary's | 24-4 | 61 | 27 | 25/NR |
| 25 | California | 21-8 | 58 | 32 | 13/NR |
| Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 52; Notre Dame 42; Seton Hall 39; Texas Tech 36; Providence 28; St. Joseph?s 17; Pittsburgh 17; South Carolina 16; Dayton 14; Valparaiso 6; St. Bonaventure 4; Colorado 2; Arkansas-Little Rock 1. | |||||
| Dropped out: SNo. 20 Notre Dame, No. 22 Dayton, No. 24 Providence. | |||||