ESPN/USA TODAY PRESEAON POLL
November 4, 1999
The Top Twenty Five teams in the preseason USA Today-ESPN college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1998-99 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and final 1998-99 ranking:
| Rank | Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. | Connecticut (9) |
34-2 |
712 |
1 |
| 2. | Michigan State (8) |
33-5 |
688 |
3 |
| 3. | Cincinnati (8) |
27-6 |
684 |
11 |
| 4. | Auburn |
29-4 |
616 |
7 |
| 5. | North Carolina (2) |
24-10 |
594 |
18 |
| 6. | Ohio State (2) |
27-9 |
579 |
4 |
| 7. | Temple (2) |
24-11 |
574 |
14 |
| 8. | Florida |
22-9 |
570 |
17 |
| 9. | Arizona |
22-7 |
492 |
16 |
| 10. | Duke |
37-2 |
466 |
2 |
| 11. | Kansas |
23-10 |
381 |
23 |
| 12. | Kentucky |
28-9 |
361 |
5 |
| 13. | Stanford |
26-7 |
349 |
9 |
| 14. | UCLA |
22-9 |
345 |
21 |
| 15. | Utah |
28-5 |
283 |
10 |
| 16. | Tennessee |
21-9 |
277 |
- |
| 17. | Syracuse |
21-12 |
276 |
- |
| 18. | Illinois |
14-18 |
275 |
- |
| 19. | St. John's |
28-9 |
256 |
5 |
| 20. | DePaul |
18-13 |
177 |
- |
| 21. | Purdue |
21-13 |
171 |
22 |
| 22. | Texas |
19-13 |
157 |
- |
| 23. | Maryland |
28-6 |
140 |
8 |
| 24. | Miami, Fla |
23-7 |
118 |
12 |
| 25. | Oklahoma State |
23-11 |
102 |
- |
Others Receiving Votes
Gonzaga 89, Wake Forest 43, Indiana 40, Oklahoma 31, Louisville
28, Georgia Tech 26, North Carolina St 22, Arkansas 20, Alabama
18, Fresno St 15, Detroit 12, Xavier 12, Bradley 11, Virginia
10, Georgetown 6, Butler 5, Siena 5, Tulsa 5, Colorado 4, Delaware
4, Murray St 3, New Mexico 3, Evansville 2, Indiana St 2, Kent
2, Michigan 2, Oregon 2, St. Joseph's 2, Valparaiso 2, Weber St
2, Coll of Charltn 1, Mississippi 1, NC Charlotte 1, Pennsylvania
1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made
up of 30 Division I head coaches, by agreement with the National
Association of Basketball Coaches. The 1999-2000 voting panel:
Steve Aggers, Eastern Washington; Frankie Allen, Tennessee State;
Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse;
Mike Brey, Delaware; Rickey Broussard, Nicholls State; Barry Collier,
Butler; Dick Davey, Santa Clara; James Dickey, Texas Tech; Jessie
Evans, Louisiana-Lafayette; Rob Evans, Arizona State; Dave Faucher,
Dartmouth; Patrick Flannery, Bucknell; Tom Green, Fairleigh Dickinson;
Dan Hipsher, Akron; Bob Huggins, Cincinnati; Gene Keady, Purdue;
Jim Kerwin, Western Illinois; Mack McCarthy, Virginia Commonwealth;
Ritchie McKay, Colorado State; Bobby McKillop, Davidson; Joe Mihalich,
Niagara; Ron Mitchell, Coppin State; Jim Molinari, Bradley; Dave
Odom, Wake Forest; Oliver Purnell, Dayton; Tubby Smith, Kentucky;
Bob Thomason, Pacific; Mark Turgeon, Jacksonville State; Davy
Whitney, Alcorn State; Willis Wilson, Rice.