Murray State Only Ohio Valley Entry at #9 in Latest AP Poll: Feb 6th, 2012

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Murray State (#9) is the only team from the Ohio Valley is in this week's AP Top 25 poll.

Murray State moves up one spot in the poll following a week that began with a win at home over Southeast Missouri State, 81-73. After that came another win at Tennessee-Martin, 65-58.

Kentucky remains number one for the second straight week. Louisville breaks into the Top 25 at #24 with a win at home over Rutgers, 78-66. Harvard comes in at #25 with wins against Columbia, 57-52 and Cornell, 71-60. Gonzaga drops out of the Top 25 this week with an upset loss at Brigham Young, 83-73 and a win at Pepperdine, 72-60. Vanderbilt drops out after losses to then-12th ranked Florida, 73-65 and Arkansas, 82-74.

Florida State is a big mover this week to #15 after a win at home over Georgia Tech, 68-54 and an upset win at home over then-16th ranked Virginia, 58-55. Creighton tanked four spots to #17 after a win against Illinois State, 102-74 and a loss to Northern Iowa, 65-62. Florida jumped up 4 spots to #8 after wins against then-25th ranked Vanderbilt and South Carolina, 74-66.

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AP Top 25
1.Arrow-straightKentucky23-1
2.Arrow-straightSyracuse23-1
3.Arrow-straightOSU20-3
4.Arrow-straightMissouri21-2
5.Arrow-straightUNC20-3
6.Arrow-straightBaylor21-2
7.Arrow_upKansas18-5
8.Arrow_upFlorida19-4
9.Arrow_upMURRAY23-0
10.Arrow_red_downDuke19-4
11.Arrow_red_downMSU18-5
12.Arrow_upGTOWN18-4
13.Arrow_upSDSU20-3
14.Arrow_red_downUNLV21-4
15.Arrow_upFSU16-6
16.Arrow_upSMC22-2
17.Arrow_red_downCREI21-3
18.Arrow_red_downMARQ19-5
19.Arrow_red_downVirginia18-4
20.Arrow_upMState18-5
21.Arrow_red_downWISC18-6
22.Arrow_upMichigan17-7
23.Arrow_red_downIndiana18-6
24.NewLville18-5
25.NewHarvard20-2
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AP Top 25 By Conference


Conf
Top 25
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Conf
Teams
Pct in
Top 25
Big Ten5 1241.7%
Big East4 1625.0%
ACC4 1233.3%
SEC3 1225.0%
Big 123 1030.0%
Mountain West2 825.0%
Ohio Valley1 119.1%
West Coast1 911.1%
Missouri Valley1 1010.0%
Ivy League1 812.5%

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Ohio Valley Standings

OverallConf
1 Murray State 31-2 15-1
 2Tennessee State 20-13 11-5
3 Morehead State 18-15 10-6
4 Tennessee Tech 19-14 9-7
4 SE 15-16 9-7
6 JSU 15-18 8-8
6 Austin Peay 12-20 8-8
8 EKU 16-16 7-9
9 SIUE 10-17 6-10
10 EIU 12-17 5-11
11 UTM 4-27 0-16
Last updated: Apr 7th, 2012

2011-2012 Roster

#12 Muniru Bawa So C 6-11 237
#3 Kharon Butcher Fr G 6-2 173
#20 Chris Conner Jr F 6-4 229
#33 R. Covington Jr F 6-9 204
#45 Jordan Cyphers Jr G 6-4 179
#1 DeShawn Dockery Jr G 5-10 160
#22 Tashan Fredrick Jr G 6-4 204
#44 Michael Green So F 6-9 192
#5 Jay Harris Fr G 5-10 156
#2 Patrick Miller So G 6-0 189
#31 Kenny Moore Sr F 6-7 236
#10 Wil Peters Sr G 6-1 175
#34 M.J. Rhett Fr F 6-8 232
#21 Kellen Thornton Jr F 6-7 243
#24 Taylor Ward Fr G 6-4 151