North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Ranked 21st in New ESPN/USA Today Hoops Poll
11/28/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 28, 2005
One of the new members of this week's ESPN/USA Today Basketball Poll is NC State. The Wolfpack, which improved its record to 5-0 with a 61-48 victory over Notre Dame in Indianapolis over the weekend, makes its first first appearance in the Top 25 since being ranked 22nd in the final poll at the end of last season. NC State is also ranked 24th in the new A.P. Poll.
"We appreciate anybody who would consider us favorably," said Pack head coach Herb Sendek. "I think it's a good thing to have high expectations for your basketball program; we want to be well thought of. But I think we all recognize at the end of the day, what the polls say on November 28th in the whole scheme of things is relatively unimportant. It's early. Those rankings and numbers are going to change almost hourly it would seem between now and when it would matter."
When it faces off against Iowa Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, NC State will be going up against another team ranked in this week's poll. The 4-1 Hawkeyes come in at No. 15 this week.
Airtime on the Wolfpack Sports Network Wednesday will be 9:00 p.m.
ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
1. Duke (27) 5-0, 769
2. Texas (3) 5-0, 737
3. Connecticut (1) 4-0, 721
4. Villanova 2-0, 655
5. Oklahoma 3-0, 639
6. Louisville 1-0, 594
7. Gonzaga 3-1, 572
8. Boston College 5-0, 557
9. Memphis 3-1, 495
10. Kentucky 4-1, 478
11. Florida 5-0, 420
12. Illinois 5-0, 380
13. Arizona 2-2, 346
14. Michigan State 3-2, 323
15. Iowa 4-1, 320
16. Indiana 3-0, 255
17. UCLA 4-1, 214
18. Alabama 2-1, 201
19. Washington 6-0, 177
20. Maryland 4-1, 174
21. N.C. State 5-0, 159
22. George Washington 2-0, 134
23. Wake Forest 5-1, 123
24. Syracuse 4-2, 94
25. LSU 3-0, 79
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES West Virginia 72, Wisconsin 72, Nevada 71, Stanford 36, Ohio State 24, North Carolina 23, Bucknell 22, Oklahoma State 19, Oregon 15, Vanderbilt 13, Michigan 13, Cincinnati 13, Northern Iowa 12, Marquette 7, Iowa State 7, Xavier 7, Kansas 6, Ohio 5, UAB 5, Creighton 4, Hawaii 3, Utah 3, Colorado State 2, George Mason 1, Iona 1, Old Dominion 1, New Mexico 1, Texas Tech 1. DROPPED FROM RANKINGS West Virginia 13, Iowa State 23, Stanford 25.
