The polls are out for the men’s and women’s basketball teams and the UConn Huskies men’s team is currently still No. 2 only because the men’s polls came out before last night’s loss. Expect them to drop next week. The UConn women retained their firm grasp on the top spot in both polls heading into 2009.
| Men’s ESPN/USA Today Poll |
PVS |
Women’s ESPN/USA Today Poll |
PVS |
| 1. North Carolina (31) 12-0 775 | 1 | 1. Connecticut (31) 11-0 775 | 1 |
| 2. Connecticut 11-0 737 | 2 | 2. North Carolina 13-0 743 | 2 |
| 3. Pittsburgh 12-0 715 | 3 | 3. Texas A&M 10-0 704 | 3 |
| 4. Oklahoma 12-0 683 | 4 | 4. Texas 11-0 677 | 4 |
| 5. Duke 10-1 651 | 5 | 5. Oklahoma 9-2 642 | 5 |
| 6. Wake Forest 11-0 598 | 6 | 6. Notre Dame 10-1 588 | 6 |
| 7. Texas 10-2 531 | 8 | 7. Baylor 11-1 584 | 7 |
| 8. Georgetown 9-1 510 | 9 | 8. Stanford 9-3 506 | 8 |
| 9. UCLA 10-2 496 | 10 | 9. California 9-2 490 | 9 |
| 10. Notre Dame 9-2 453 | 11 | 10. Auburn 13-0 483 | 10 |
| 11. Purdue 11-2 398 | 15 | 11. Duke 10-1 481 | 11 |
| 11. Syracuse 12-1 398 | 14 | 12. Tennessee 9-2 445 | 12 |
| 13. Villanova 11-1 351 | 16 | 13. Louisville 12-1 442 | 13 |
| 14. Arizona State 10-1 346 | 17 | 14. Rutgers 8-2 378 | 14 |
| 15. Michigan State 9-2 308 | 18 | 15. Virginia 11-2 333 | 15 |
| 16. Clemson 12-0 293 | 20 | 16. Maryland 10-2 319 | 16 |
| 17. Gonzaga 8-3 285 | 7 | 17. Ohio St. 10-2 288 | 17 |
| 18. Louisville 8-2 223 | 19 | 18. Kansas St. 11-0 249 | 18 |
| 18. Tennessee 8-2 223 | 21 | 19. Vanderbilt 11-2 206 | 19 |
| 20. Baylor 10-1 194 | 22 | 20. Florida 12-1 187 | 20 |
| 21. Minnesota 12-0 181 | 23 | 21. South Dakota St. 13-1 165 | 21 |
| 22. Xavier 9-2 169 | 12 | 22. Pittsburgh 9-2 126 | 23 |
| 23. Ohio State 9-1 158 | 13 | 23. Oklahoma St. 9-2 79 | 24 |
| 24. Michigan 9-2 66 | NR | 24. Georgia Tech 10-2 52 | 25 |
| 25. Marquette 11-2 55 | 25 | 25. New Mexico 11-1 25 | NR |
| Others Receiving Votes | Others receiving votes | ||
| Brigham Young 43, West Virginia 41, Butler 37, Memphis 33, Dayton 32, Saint Mary’s 26, Davidson 12, Arizona 10, Missouri 9, Illinois 8, Illinois State 6, Stanford 6, Florida 5, LSU 4, Texas A&M 3, Florida State 2, Utah State 1. | Wake Forest 20; Arizona State 17; Iowa State 10; DePaul 8; TCU 8; Xavier 8; Marist 7; Houston 6; Gonzaga 5; Wisconsin 5; Purdue 3; UCLA 3; Florida State 2; Georgia 2; South Alabama 2; Mississippi State 1; South Florida 1. | ||
| Dropped From Rankings | DROPPED OUT | ||
| Memphis 24. | Arizona State, 22. | ||
