Arkansas State’s leading scoring, Adrian Banks, who had been suspended indefinitely for firing a gun within the city limits of Jonesboro, AR, has been suspended through the rest of the 2007 calendar year. He will be able to return to the club on January 3rd, 2008 when Arkansas States takes on Louisiana-Lafayette.
Louisville head coach Rick Pitino has suspended his starting forward Derrick Caracter for violating the curfew imposed in a contract Pitino made his players sign. Louisville will have only 7 scholarship players available when they return from final exams against Purdue on Saturday.
Arizona head coach Lute Olsen will not return to the sidelines this season as he has decided to divorce his second wife, Christine. He had returned to practice but changed his mind when the details of the divorce became public. Kevin O’Neill who was the interim coach, will continue in that role for the rest of the 2007-08 season.
Tubby Smith finalized his deal with the University of Minnesota recently. It is a 7-year deal that will pay him $1.75 million annually.
| Men’s ESPN/USA Today Poll | Women’s ESPN/USA Today Poll |
| 1. North Carolina (25) 8-0 763 | 1. Tennessee (29) 7-0 772 |
| 2. Memphis (4) 7-0 740 | 2. Connecticut (1) 7-0 744 |
| 3. Kansas (1) 9-0 717 | 3. North Carolina 10-1 692 |
| 4. Georgetown (1) 7-0 669 | 4. Stanford 7-1 649 |
| 5. Texas 9-0 635 | 5. Maryland (1) 13-1 641 |
| 6. Washington State 9-0 608 | 6. Rutgers 6-2 633 |
| 7. Duke 9-0 594 | 7. Georgia 9-0 585 |
| 8. UCLA 8-1 582 | 8. LSU 6-2 576 |
| 9. Pittsburgh 9-0 487 | 9. Oklahoma 6-2 538 |
| 10. Michigan State 8-1 481 | 10. Baylor 6-0 505 |
| 11. Tennessee 8-1 430 | 11. Texas A&M 8-1 437 |
| 12. Texas A&M 8-1 407 | 12. California 8-1 400 |
| 13. Marquette 6-1 391 | 13. West Virginia 8-1 382 |
| 14. Indiana 8-1 385 | 14. Auburn 9-0 376 |
| 15. Clemson 8-0 295 | 15. Duke 7-3 339 |
| 16. Oregon 7-1 292 | 16. DePaul 7-0 290 |
| 17. Xavier 7-1 257 | 17. Notre Dame 8-1 237 |
| 18. Villanova 7-1 195 | 17. Ohio State 6-2 237 |
| 19. Butler 8-1 185 | 19. Arizona State 5-3 222 |
| 20. Louisville 5-2 174 | 20. Vanderbilt 8-3 111 |
| 21. Vanderbilt 9-0 164 | 21. Michigan State 7-2 107 |
| 22. Arizona 6-2 148 | 22. George Washington 7-3 103 |
| 23. Gonzaga 8-2 138 | 23. Texas 7-2 92 |
| 24. Saint Mary’s 7-0 73 | 24. Oklahoma State 8-0 74 |
| 25. Brigham Young 7-2 59 | 25. Wyoming 8-1 62 |
| Others Receiving Votes | OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES |
| Miami (FL) 35, Arkansas 31, Stanford 24, Rhode Island 23, California 17, Florida 16, USC 10, Wisconsin 10, Virginia 9, Connecticut 8, West Virginia 6, Southern Illinois 5, Syracuse 5, Illinois 3, Florida State 2, Mississippi 1, Dayton 1. | Old Dominion 37, Marist 36, Arkansas 27, Georgia Tech 25, Iowa State 18, Utah 18, Pittsburgh 16, N.C. State 15, Texas Tech 15, Wake Forest 12, Florida State 11, Penn State 9, Hartford 8, Colorado 6, Marquette 5, Western Kentucky 5, Temple 3, Louisville 2, Kansas 1, South Alabama 1, Tulane 1 |
