clarinews@clarinet.com (JOE ILLUZZI, UPI Sports Writer) (01/16/90)
NEW YORK (UPI) -- Kansas maintained the No. 1 ranking for the second
week while four new college basketball teams joined the Top 20 Monday in
voting conducted by United Press International's Board of Coaches.
Kansas again received strong support over Georgetown for the top
spot. The Jayhawks, 18-0, collected 30 of 39 first-place votes cast and
totaled 562 points. Georgetown, 13-0, received nine first-place votes
and 548 points. No. 3 Oklahoma, the third ranked undefeated team at
12-0, had 488 points.
Voting is based on 15 points for first place, 14 for second, etc.
Three coaches did not vote this week.
The rest of the Top 20 featured: No. 4 Missouri, No. 5 Syracuse,
No. 6 Illinois, No. 7 Michigan, No. 8 Duke, No. 9 Nevada-Las Vegas, No.
10 Louisville, No. 11 Georgia Tech, No. 12 Louisiana State, No. 13
Arkansas, No. 14 Indiana, No. 15 UCLA, No. 16 Purdue, No. 17 St. John's,
No. 18 Xavier (Ohio), co-No. 19 La Salle and Michigan State.
Purdue, which knocked off Minnesota and Indiana last week, and
Xavier joined the rankings for the first time this season, while La
Salle and Michigan State returned to the Top 20.
Dropping out of the Top 20 were Minnesota, Arizona, Loyola
Marymount and Alabama.
Duke and UCLA made the largest gains of previously ranked teams.
The Blue Devils, No. 11 last week, benefited from victories over Georgia
Tech and Maryland. The Bruins, previously No. 19, scored Pac-10 triumphs
over Arizona State and Arizona.
Michigan slipped three places after losing to Indiana, but avoided
a disastrous week by sidestepping Minnesota. Despite the victory over
the Wolverines, Indiana fell two places because of its loss to Purdue.
Kansas survived its first week as the No. 1 team by scoring Big
Eight victories over Nebraska and Oklahoma State and a non-conference
triumph against Miami. The Jayhawks face their sternest test of the
season Saturday when they play at Missouri.
Georgetown should have an easy time this week with Connecticut and
Boston College, while Oklahoma plays at Kansas State and Arizona.
One interesting matchup Tuesday pits Temple at Georgia Tech, where
two of the nation's top guards, Mark Macon and Kenny Anderson, hook up.
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_U_P_I_ _B_a_s_k_e_t_b_a_l_l_ _B_o_a_r_d_ _o_f_ _C_o_a_c_h_e_s_:
_N_o_r_t_h_e_a_s_t
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Gary Brokaw, Iona; Lou Carnesecca, St.
John's; John Chaney, Temple; Mike Jarvis, Boston University; Peter Roby,
Harvard; John Thompson, Georgetown.
_A_t_l_a_n_t_i_c
Tom Apke, Appalachian State; Gene Bartow, Alabama-Birmingham; Don
Corbett, North Carolina A&T; Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech; Hugh Durham,
Georgia; Terry Holland, Virginia; Dean Smith, North Carolina.
_S_o_u_t_h
Denny Crum, Louisville; Marty Fletcher, Southwestern Louisiana;
Eddie Fogler, Vanderbilt; Lake Kelly, Austin Peay; Mike Newell,
Arkansas-Little Rock; Nolan Richardson, Arkansas; Wimp Sanderson,
Alabama.
_M_i_d_w_e_s_t
Tom Davis, Iowa; Jud Heathcote, Michigan State; Gene Keady, Purdue;
Joey Meyer, DePaul; Digger Phelps, Notre Dame; Charlie Spoonhour,
Southwest Missouri State; Norm Stewart, Missouri.
_C_e_n_t_r_a_l
J.D. Barnett, Tulsa; Tony Barone, Creighton; Pat Foster, Houston;
Leonard Hamilton, Oklahoma State; Don Haskins, Texas-El Paso; Reggie
Minton, Air Force; Danny Nee, Nebraska.
_W_e_s_t
Jim Brovelli, San Francisco; Bobby Dye, Boise State; Don Monson,
Oregon; Lute Olson, Arizona; Jerry Pimm, Santa Barbara; Jerry Tarkanian,
Nevada-Las Vegas; Paul Westhead, Loyola Marymount.