My AP Top 25 This Week

Here's how I rank 'em this week (assuming Gonzaga holds on to beat Oakland. If not, I'll change things in the morning, but I'm tired and heading to bed):

1. Michigan State
2. Kansas
3. Louisville
4. Kentucky
5. Duke
6. Oklahoma State
7. Arizona
8. Ohio State
9. Syracuse
10. Michigan
11. Florida
12. Connecticut
13. Virginia Commonwealth
14. Memphis
15. Gonzaga
16. Creighton
17. Oregon
18. Wisconsin
19. Wichita State
20. Iowa State
21. UCLA
22. Baylor
23. New Mexico
24. Massachusetts
25. Xavier

Michigan State stays at No. 1 after beating Kentucky, and Kansas jumps from No. 5 to 2 after beating Duke. North Carolina drops out completely after losing at home to Belmont, who has also defeated Indiana State and was under consideration from me. But Belmont has also lost to Richmond, and didn't quite make the cut. Newcomers Wisconsin (which beat Florida), Iowa State (which beat Michigan), Baylor, UMass and Xavier (which beat Tennessee) are in. UNC, Marquette, Tennessee, Virginia and Notre Dame are gone.

UConn moves up one spot from No. 13 to 12. I've like the Huskies more than most so far and considered jumping them ahead of Michigan, Florida, even Syracuse. But the lack of rebounding is concerning, and for now, UConn just moves up one notch.