sports.espn.go.com - 2/15/2008
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Memphis continued its quest for an unbeaten season, rallying to beat Houston on Wednesday night. The Tigers are the No. 1 team for the fourth straight week, with Kansas receiving the other first-place vote. UCLA and Georgetown each dropped two spots after suffering their third losses of the season. Texas was the big mover this week, climbing to No. 8, while UConn's hot streak carried the ...
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Card Chronicle —
Worst. Costumes. Ever. Louisville has entered the most recent addition of the ESPN college basketball Power 16 at No. 16. The Cards are ranked 14th in the attached fan poll. A publication that isn't quite as high on the Cards is USA Today, which ranks U of L SIXTY-SECOND in its latest power poll. That's right, 62. Three spots behind 11-11 South Carolina, 15 spots behind 14-10 Florida State, 19 spots behind the same Marquette team U of L beat twice by a combined 36 points, 31 spots behind a UNLV squad the Cards beat by 20 in Vegas, and just two spots ahead of Kentucky. I'd never heard of Jason Logan before this, but I'm 95% ...
Glorified Mid-Major Purdue Creeps Into ESPN's Power 16
Boiled Sports —
Andy Katz, ESPN.com's humorless, always-puffy-and-sweaty-looking college basketball writer reportedly referred to Purdue a "a glorified mid-major" last week. Well, that glorified mid-major has climbed into the ESPN.com Power 16, a meaningless ranking that doesn't even mirror the real rankings. So what does this mean? About the same as a nerf vibrator. (I'll let your women explain that to you, guys.) The Power 16 is voted on by a dozen ESPN bball "experts," and Purdue is currently 13th. But how did each of them vote? That's my favorite part. Let's take a look. Jay Bilas has us at 11, two behind MSU (who we just beat) and one ...
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