Musings From the Hardwood @ SOX & Dawgs

Kentucky head coach Billy Gillispie got some bad news on Monday as his freshman guard Alex Legion has decided to transfer.

Pretty much the same bad news for Washington Huskies head coach Lorenzo Romar as another of the members of his 2005 heralded recruiting class, Adrian Oliver, has decided to transfer as well.

Adrian Banks, Arkansas State’s leading scorer, has been suspended indefinitely from the Indians squad after being arrested for firing a gun within the city limits of Jonesboro, AR.

The Tennessee women got some bad news when they found out freshman center Kelly Cain will be out for the season with the knee injury she suffered during a preseason practice. She will have knee surgery to fix the problem and will redshirt this year.

Don Imus returned to the airwaves this week on WABC in New York and apologized again to the women’s program at Rutgers for the remarks he made.

“I will never say anything in my lifetime that will make any of these young women at Rutgers regret or feel foolish that they accepted my apology and forgave me,” he said. “And no one else will say anything else on my program that will make anyone think that I didn’t deserve a second chance.”

A look at the polls after the jump.

With UCLA falling last week, North Carolina has taken over as the #1 team in the land on the men’s side. Tennessee is still #1 on the women’s side but is no longer receiving all 31 first place votes as the my UConn Huskies got one vote.

Men’s ESPN/USA Today Poll Women’s ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. North Carolina (23) 7-0 753 1. Tennessee (30) 6-0 774
2. Memphis (6) 6-0 746 2. Connecticut (1) 6-0 744
3. Kansas (1) 7-0 717 3. Rutgers 5-1 672
4. Georgetown (1) 5-0 670 4. North Carolina 9-1 664
5. Texas 7-0 620 5. Stanford 7-1 652
6. Washington State 7-0 599 6. Maryland 10-1 645
7. Duke 8-0 594 7. LSU 6-2 578
8. UCLA 7-1 587 8. Georgia 8-0 575
9. Pittsburgh 7-0 477 9. Oklahoma 4-2 538
10. Michigan State 6-1 437 10. Baylor 6-0 508
11. Louisville 5-1 422 11. Texas A&M 6-1 434
12. Tennessee 7-1 402 12. California 7-1 432
13. Butler 7-0 374 13. West Virginia 7-1 366
14. Texas A&M 7-1 357 14. Auburn 8-0 327
15. Indiana 6-1 341 15. Duke 5-3 289
15. Marquette 5-1 341 16. DePaul 6-0 251
17. Clemson 7-0 255 17. Vanderbilt 7-2 246
18. Oregon 6-1 250 18. Ohio State 6-2 211
19. Gonzaga 7-1 242 19. Arizona State 4-3 204
20. Xavier 6-1 171 20. Notre Dame 6-1 176
21. Villanova 5-1 132 21. George Washington 6-3 141
22. Brigham Young 6-1 124 22. Wyoming 6-0 139
23. Wisconsin 5-1 63 23. Michigan State 6-2 91
24. Arizona 5-2 58 24. N.C. State 8-1 72
25. Vanderbilt 7-0 49 25. Texas 6-2 64
Others Receiving Votes OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES
Saint Mary’s 48, USC 41, Arkansas 27, Stanford 26, Virginia 26, Southern Illinois 24, Miami (FL) 22, California 21, Connecticut 15, Davidson 8, Syracuse 8, Florida 7, Illinois 5, Creighton 5, North Carolina State 4, Rhode Island 3, Kansas State 2, Providence 1, San Diego State 1. Old Dominion 48, Oklahoma State 42, Florida State 37, Penn State 25, Marist 20, James Madison 19, Pittsburgh 13, Iowa State 11, Georgia Tech 10, Marquette 10, Texas Tech 10, Utah 8, Western Kentucky 8, Arkansas 5, Wake Forest 5, Hartford 4, Minnesota 4, Temple 2, Louisville 1,
Dropped From Rankings
Southern Illinois 22, USC 24.