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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Final USA Today/CNN Coaches PollTaken after NCAA Tournament. Voted on by a panel of 30 Division I head coaches following the NCAA tournament: first place votes in parentheses with total points (based on 25 for 1st, 24 for 2nd, etc.). Schools on major probation are ineligible to be ranked. | | | | | Before NCAAs |
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| 1 | Arizona (30) | 25-9 | 750 | 19-9 | 13 | | 2 | Kentucky | 35-5 | 719 | 30-4 | 4 | | 3 | Minnesota | 31-4 | 675 | 27-3 | 3 | | 4 | North Carolina | 28-7 | 653 | 24-6 | 5 | | 5 | Kansas | 34-2 | 642 | 32-1 | 1 | | 6 | Utah | 29-4 | 594 | 26-3 | 2 | | 7 | UCLA | 24-8 | 551 | 21-7 | 7 | | 8 | Clemson | 23-10 | 437 | 21-9 | 12 | | 9 | Wake Forest | 24-7 | 432 | 23-6 | 9 | | 10 | Louisville | 26-9 | 394 | 23-8 | 25 | | 11 | Duke | 24-9 | 387 | 23-8 | 8 | | 12 | Stanford | 22-8 | 365 | 20-7 | 21 | | 13 | Iowa St. | 22-9 | 356 | 20-8 | 17 | | 14 | South Carolina | 24-8 | 320 | 24-7 | 6 | | 15 | Providence | 24-12 | 300 | 21-11 | NR | | 16 | Cincinnati | 26-8 | 295 | 25-7 | 10 | | 17 | St. Joseph's-PA | 26-7 | 283 | 24-6 | 15 | | 18 | California | 25-9 | 242 | 23-8 | NR | | 19 | New Mexico | 25-8 | 179 | 24-7 | 11 | | 20 | Texas | 18-12 | 174 | 16-11 | NR | | 21 | Coll. of Charleston | 29-3 | 167 | 28-2 | 18 | | 22 | Xavier-OH | 23-6 | 142 | 22-5 | 14 | | 23 | Boston College | 22-9 | 98 | 21-8 | 20 | | 24 | Michigan | 23-11 | 92 | 18-11 | NR | | 25 | Colorado | 22-10 | 81 | 21-9 | 23 |
Others receiving votes: 26. Iowa (22-10, 67 pts) and Villanova (24-10, 67); 28. Tennessee-Chattanooga (24-11, 60); 29. Illnois (22-10, 39); 30. Georgia (24-9, 38); 31. Tulsa (24-10, 35); 32. Maryland (21-11, 26); 33. Purdue (18-12, 21); 34. Florida St. (runner-up NIT, 20-12, 17); 35. Marquette (22-9, 12); 36. Coppin St.(22-9, 9); 37. Rhode Island (20-10, 7) and Temple (20-11, 7); 39. Mississippi (20-9, 5); 40. Wisconsin (18-10, 3); 41. UNC-Charlotte (22-9, 2), Oklahoma (19-11, 2) and Princeton (24-4, 2); 44. Hawaii (21-8, 1), Illinois St. (24-6, 1) and Indiana (22-11, 1).
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