Tough Week

Being ranked in the top 25 wasn’t necessarily a winning proposition last week, particularly among the top 10, with eight teams losing. Losses by the top three teams--Stanford, Duke and Kansas--means that North Carolina will probably emerge as the No. 1 team when the Associated Press poll is announced today. A “poll” call of losses by top 25 teams the last seven days:

LOSSES BY TOP 10 TEAMS (8)

MONDAY

Missouri 75, No. 3 KANSAS 66

TUESDAY

No. 13 Florida 81, No. 8 TENNESSEE 67

Butler 58, No. 10 WISCONSIN 44

WEDNESDAY

Penn State 98, No. 6 ILLINOIS 95 (OT)

No. 11 Virginia 99, No. 9 MARYLAND 78

THURSDAY

No. 4 North Carolina 85, No. 2 DUKE 83

Oregon 79, No. 7 ARIZONA 67

SATURDAY

UCLA 79, No. 1 STANFORD 73

NO. 11-25 TEAMS THAT LOST (7)

No. 14 Georgetown

No. 16 Wake Forest

No. 17 Alabama

No. 19 Fresno State

No. 21 USC

No. 22 Seton Hall (2)

No. 25 Georgia (2)

TOP 25 TEAMS THAT DIDN’T LOSE (10)

No. 4 North Carolina

No. 5 Michigan State

No. 11 Virginia

No. 12 Syracuse

No. 13 Florida

No. 15 Iowa State

No. 18 Iowa

No. 20 Boston College

No. 23 Notre Dame

No. 24 Oklahoma

WEEK IN REVIEW

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Date Top 10 11-25 Top 25 W-L W-L W-L Monday 0-1 1-1 1-2 Tuesday 1-2 1-0 2-2 Wednesday 0-2 5-2 5-4 Thursday 2-2 0-3 2-5 Friday NG NG NG Saturday 6-1 10-2 16-3 Sunday 3-0 1-1 4-1 Total 12-8 18-9 30-17

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NOTE: There were seven games between ranked teams, with the higher ranked team winning five.