Tennessee is ranked 10th in the Associated Press men's basketball poll released today. The Vols rated 11th in the USA Today/ESPN coaches poll.
AP Poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ preseason 2009-10 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2008-09 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year’s final ranking:
Record Pts Fin
1. Kansas (55) 27-8 1,612 14
2. Michigan St. (5) 31-7 1,515 8
3. Texas (1) 23-12 1,397 ¦—
4. Kentucky (3) 22-14 1,372 ¦—
5. Villanova 30-8 1,347 11
6. North Carolina (1) 34-4 1,320 2
7. Purdue 27-10 1,284 17
8. West Virginia 23-12 1,115 ¦—
9. Duke 30-7 1,064 6
10. Tennessee 21-13 ¦897 ¦—
11. Butler 26-6 ¦864 22
12. Connecticut 31-5 ¦844 5
13. California 22-11 ¦800 ¦—
14. Washington 26-9 ¦776 15
15. Michigan 21-14 ¦578 ¦—
16. Ohio St. 22-11 ¦465 ¦—
17. Oklahoma 30-6 ¦410 7
18. Mississippi St. 23-13 ¦393 ¦—
19. Louisville 31-6 ¦335 1
20. Georgetown 16-15 ¦326 ¦—
21. Dayton 27-8 ¦318 ¦—
22. Georgia Tech 12-19 ¦301 ¦—
23. Illinois 24-10 ¦282 ¦—
24. Clemson 23-9 ¦217 24
25. Minnesota 22-11 ¦172 ¦—
Others receiving votes: Maryland 171, Siena 112, Notre Dame 107, Florida St. 92, Vanderbilt 90, Syracuse 83, Oklahoma St. 65, UCLA 63, Florida 53, Wake Forest 50, Xavier 42, Gonzaga 37, South Carolina 28, Kansas St. 24, BYU 21, N. Iowa 16, Tulsa 16, Mississippi 15, Texas A&M 10, Missouri 8, Boston College 6, Pittsburgh 4, Utah St. 2, Va. Commonwealth 2, W. Kentucky 2, Holy Cross 1, Old Dominion 1.
USA Today/ESPN poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men’s college basketball preseason poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2008-09 records, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and final 2008-09 ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Kansas (27) 27-8 770 10
2. Michigan State (30 31-7 732 2
3. Texas 23-12 676 23
4. North Carolina (1) 34-4 653 1
5. Kentucky 22-14 635 -
6. Villanova 30-8 620 4
7. Purdue 27-10 586 14
8. Duke 30-7 528 11
9. West Virginia 23-12 501 -
10. Butler 26-6 408 25
11. Tennessee 21-13 406 -
12. California 22-11 370 -
13. Washington 26-9 364 16
14. Connecticut 31-5 361 3
15. Michigan 21-14 279 -
16. Oklahoma 30-6 244 7
17. Ohio State 22-11 241 -
18. Minnesota 22-11 151 -
19. Mississippi St. 23-13 149 -
20. Georgia Tech 12-19 136 -
21. Georgetown 16-15 134 -
22. Dayton 27-8 130 -
23. Louisville 31-6 123 5
24. Clemson 23-9 114 -
25. Syracuse 28-10 111 12
Others receiving votes: Maryland 100; Illinois 83; Siena 72; UCLA 59; Vanderbilt 38; Oklahoma State 29; Missouri 28; Xavier 25; Gonzaga 24; Notre Dame 22; Southern California 22; Pittsburgh 19; Tulsa 17; Brigham Young 16; Kansas State 16; Florida State 15; Florida 13; Wake Forest 13; San Diego State 8; Creighton 7; Boston College 4; Texas A&M 4; Cornell 3; Memphis 3; Mississippi 3; Southern Illinois 3; Utah State 3; UNLV 2; Northern Iowa 1; South Carolina 1.
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Comments » 53
BleedOrangeForever writes:
We have a chance for a special season. Hate seeing Kentucky ahead of us in anything. The biggest cheaters ever and now they have a cheating coach. A perfect match. We will crush them with our press this year. GO VOLS!
10ECMATT writes:
Pretty good since most coaches are so jealous of CLK. We now have a future.
Voluvr writes:
They're talking about basketball.
Phowell23 writes:
What does that post have to do with this article?
6MillionDollarPumpkin writes:
Pearl will choke..........not a Pearl fan here!!
Major_Magilicutty writes:
Noticeably missing from the top 25 is MEMPHIS!!! BWAHAAHAHAHAHA!
KINGKONG writes:
You must like jerry green ,kevin oneal,wade houston.They belong to the tennesse b-ball hall of shame of coaching.Is this what you like
10ECMATT writes:
Sorry fella's. Football on the Brain. What's left of it. Go Vols
Ironcity writes:
I liked Jerry, we made the NCAA's every year he was our coach. His personality to the local Alum sucked but the results were there and please don't tell me about the talent he squandered. Only one player ever got drafted (Haslip)into the NBA and he was a Freshman or Sophmore Greens final year.
The_Greater_Pumpkin writes:
You, my friend, are an idiot! Pick a team! You can't cheer for KY basketball and TN football. Pick a school and stick with it! Either, get with the program and cheer for Pearl, or take your ugly blue shirts and move to Lexington! That way you can become a big KY football fan, too! Enjoy your first couple of years with Calipari, because it won't be long before you are banned from post season play! I am actually predicting the "Death Penalty" for KY bball within 4 years! Good Luck to you and slick John!
PennVol writes:
Positive publicity is good!
UT_LAW_2011 writes:
How the heck is UNC at 4? I don't care what kind of recruiting class they got, every major contributor to the team that won the national championship is G-O-N-E. Thankfully, unlike in Football, these polls are just amusing and mean nothing.
That said, we have no idea about UNC. I'm a believer that UK will be capital G, Good. But preseason 5? That seems a bit high. And the Big East is way too crazy for Nova to be that highly ranked to start with. That conference is absolutely stacked with good teams. Look at Notre Dame last year. If they were in The SEC they would've finished near the top of the league. In the Big East they got smacked around all year.
All that said, it's Great that we're about to begin Basketball Time in Tennessee.
CHS52VOL writes:
It's a good day to be alive and a good day to be a Vol fan! GBO, beat the Gamecocks.
WestTennVol writes:
from non-tourney team to preseason 4/5 wtf? Last I heard Wall was still ineleigible?
Chris4Vols22 writes:
You and MorristownVOL can hold hands while you watch UT take the SEC.
mytrifecta writes:
You're not even a UT fan. I've read your post before. How pathetic is your life that you spend most of it on this site trying to incite the Vol faithful?
We're in the Final 4 this year boys! Book it!
Brillovol writes:
You're not a fan of anything orange and white.
To the topic at hand. The preseason accolades are nice, but they don't help you win in March. We had progress last year in the SEC tourney, now let's take home that trophy. I don't care about the NCAA's as long as we can win the SEC tourney. One task at a time, boys!
htownvol07 writes:
Until UT learns how to make a 3 and Scotty realizes that he is not Ray Allen and learns how to drive to the hole, then they will not make it to the Final 4. The talent and experience is there! They just have to get over that hump. UT will NOT dominate the SEC this year. It will come down to UT, UK, and Mississippi State.
huntined#565710 writes:
We will get a shot at number 1 soon in the year..also KY two times so we can see what we have real soon with KAN.
BlakeyWakey writes:
I bet they still beat us
rbhobbs73#226545 writes:
My goals for UT basketball this year....SEC regular season title and advance to the Elite 8.
I could care less about the "made for TV" SEC Tournament. If you win the regular season, then you are in the NCAAs...the SEC tournament is a meaningless event unless you need a Georgia-like run to make the big tournament.
Go Vols!
nwcs writes:
Cool. I remember all the years when we dreamed of being good enough to rank 25. The last several years have been good indeed. I'm hoping we can turn the corner soon and recruit more talent. The only way to do that, though, is to consistently win.
DC_Vol writes:
Great post Long Vol,
I have serious concerns about the Point Guard play. I feel we have not improved the position to date except that we are year more experienced at the position. Would be great to recruit a promising Point Guard out of High School.
I am also concerned about Defense. I believe we will be improved because of an additional year of experience, but I am concerned whether Pearl has the necessary pieces to play his Press style of basketball. (e.g. deep rotation of fast guards).
Lastly, accuracy behind the arc was an issue last year, I really hope the guys have been practicing so we can open of the zone defenses.
Should be a great year!!! Go Vols!!!
tennrich1 writes:
They rarely have in the past..What would make you want to place a bet like that....NEVER, NEVER bet against BP especially when playing Memphis!
GhostofRobertNeyland writes:
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Stokes44yrs writes:
Where's 'Bama? Where's Auburn? Where's LSU? Where's Arkansas?
Stokes44yrs writes:
I also should say where's Georgia but I hate that Georgia's left out.
htownvol07 writes:
In all respect to Memphis....they do have a new coach that BP hasn't beaten nor lost to....soooo yea...
RollTideJoe writes:
I think I've finally figured you out. Anyone that beats you is cheaters. I've got it. I guess when you beat teams (football, basketball, whatever), we're suppose to call you cheaters. Okay; got it.
cc623 writes:
The only thin embarrassing here is the fact you post nothing but,shiat about a coach that has brought Tennessee basketball back from the cellar...You couldn't give UT basketball tickets away in the past and now they are sold out way in advance.
Go root for whatever team you really want to since it's definitely not the VOLS...
VictorKruger writes:
Are you kidding me? Believe it or not, football is not the only game in town. My note to you: change your GoVolsXtra browser bookmark to the football section to avoid confusing yourself.
RockyTopRenegade writes:
Chris, it's not each other's hands they will be holding.
missrvrvol writes:
Real Class. Way to represent us UT Fans. We need Tiger High to do well before we play them to help our RPI. What a jerk.
missrvrvol writes:
HATE HATE HATE HATE...LOL...
missrvrvol writes:
OK...you got me on that one....
missrvrvol writes:
Now that little marc has had his tantrum....Nice to be ranked, but does not mean squat....Hope Pearl can have this team playing well in March when it matters. I think they will play well on the defensive end and hopefully press a little more. Should be a fun year with Calipari in the SEC. GO VOLS
TopTenn writes:
No C-DOA teams in polls.
johnlg00#206211 writes:
All these pre-season polls should be labeled "for amusement purposes only". For me, the biggest shocks on here were North Carolina and Duke being picked for the top 10. As someone else posted earlier, UNC lost its ENTIRE starting team. Now, Roy Williams is a pretty good coach and the ACC is a pretty good league, but COME ON! Also, the pollsters may not realize that Duke has only two true guards on their WHOLE ROSTER--not two PGs or two SGs, two guards of ANY description! I don't doubt that both teams will have pretty good seasons, but there is, IMHO, NO WAY both of them finish as high as they are right now.
Slystone writes:
Going to enjoy this year because next year will be a rebuild season.
VOLDoll writes:
I dont remember the coach being on the court last year.
Go4Two writes:
And how much is Florida paying their coach ?
volsunited writes:
don't forget it is possible we could be playing purdue in the early season tournament and they are a top 10 team as well
usnavyvolfaninva_still_getting_paid writes:
I'll take that bet. UT Wins by double digits.
usnavyvolfaninva_still_getting_paid writes:
marc
Love your post, but man, don't INVITE interlopers... I love the peace and quiet.
usnavyvolfaninva_still_getting_paid writes:
This is why it's a good idea to read posts from oldest to newest... that itchypussy reference made my jaw drop...
usnavyvolfaninva_still_getting_paid writes:
...and their players??
wayoutwill writes:
It's so cool to know that our b-ball program is so freakin' awesome;we are loaded,just imagine how even more awesomer we'd be with the great players that are off the team over one reason or 'nother;does anyone know where Haislip has been over the last seven(7) yrs.?I see he is with the S.A.Spurs right now,but I wondered where he has been up 'til now!Go Big Orange!I want to see the Championship of the NCAA hanging from the rafters this time next year!
VOLKING writes:
Morristown's a loper and she's always on here claiming to be a Vol fan. Lopers are like cats....feed 'em once and they'll hang around forever. Memphis is near the end of the "also receiving votes" section of the poll. They got 3.
wayoutwill writes:
MorristownVol,I can't belive that you are so clue-less,what Pearl did was simply fantastic last year and in no way was it embarrassing!That team was not ready to perform even as great as it did last year,just shows what talent and coaching can do,this year's team will be much more prepared while still realizing that we lost a couple great ones this year.Pearl is not now,has never been and never will be a failure as a Coach.He will go down as one of the greatest of all time!I think Voldoll wasa trying to point that out to Morrisvol!
6MillionDollarPumpkin writes:
Ok Jackarse, I have season tickets and go to most games.......just dont like Pearl. I think he is a used car salesman and UT could have done better. If he gets us an SEC crown and gets us past the sweet 16, then I might change. Until then, not a Pearl fan...........
As far as trying to incite the UT faithful, you are wrong, maybe trying to incite the FOOLMER faithful though.....FOOLMER can S--k it!!!!
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