ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll

With the Kentucky Wildcats winning the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, it should come as no surprise that they finished the season as the No. 1 team in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The AP does not release a poll after the tournament.

As we might have expected, the UConn Huskies didn’t finished the season ranked or among the others receiving votes. But there are some teams from the Big East that are ranked.

The teams from the Big East in the final poll of the season are the No. 4 Louisville Wildcats, No. 5 Syracuse Orange, No. 10 Marquette Golden Eagles, No. 17 Georgetown Hoyas and No. 18 Cincinnati Bearcats.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Pitt Panthers and South Florida Bulls are among the others receiving votes.

For a full look at the 2012 NCAA Men’s Basketball Rankings – Postseason (Apr. 2), please click on the read more button below if you’re on the home page.

ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM REC PTS PVS
1 Kentucky (31) 37-2 775 1
2 Kansas 32-6 744 6
3 Ohio State 31-8 705 7
4 Louisville 30-10 661 18
5 Syracuse 34-3 641 2
6 North Carolina 32-6 624 5
7 Michigan State 29-8 566 4
8 Baylor 30-8 564 10
9 Florida 26-11 506 21
10 Marquette 27-8 464 11
11 Missouri 30-5 425 3
12 Wisconsin 26-10 424 13
13 Indiana 27-9 382 17
14 Duke 27-7 336 8
15 Florida State 25-10 325 12
16 Murray State 31-2 283 9
17 Georgetown 24-9 242 15
18 Cincinnati 26-11 216 NR
19 Vanderbilt 25-11 161 24
20 North Carolina State 24-13 146 NR
21 Creighton 29-6 129 20
22 Michigan 24-10 119 14
23 New Mexico 28-7 107 22
24 Xavier 23-13 92 NR
25 Ohio 29-8 91 NR
Dropped from rankings
Saint Mary’s 16, Wichita State 19, San Diego State 23, UNLV 25
Others receiving votes:
Gonzaga 67, Wichita State 56, Saint Mary’s 54, Virginia Commonwealth 51, San Diego State 23, Kansas State 22, Purdue 17, Stanford 17, Notre Dame 16, UNLV 12, Temple 4, Saint Louis 4, Pittsburgh 2, Iowa State 1, South Florida 1

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