Age is a thing of beauty for the Boilermakers

Sporting News, The, Dec 6, 1999 by Mike DeCourcy

TSN's Power Poll

Rk.   Team (last week)      Strk   W-L   Comment

1.    Cincinnati (2)        W3     3-0   M&M dominate Big Island
                                         Invitational in a big way.

2.    Arizona (3)           W4     4-0   W&W hit just 3 FGs as
                                         guards carry Cats
                                         past Kentucky.

3.    Stanford (5)          W5     5-0   Defense, interior play
                                         dominating just fine
                                         without the Dog.

4.    Kansas (11)           W4     4-0   Showed more depth than
                                         the snowpacks of Alaska.

5.    Connecticut (7)       W3     3-1   3 Dec. games after Great
                                         8: Fordham, Fairfield,
                                         Houston.

6.    Illinois (8)          W2     2-0   McClain and Maryland's
                                         Morris to battle Saturday.

7.    North Carolina (13)   W3     3-0   Flashy frosh & Maul MVP
                                         Forte hitting 70 percent
                                         of his 3s.

8.    Michigan State (1)    L1     3-1   Even Cleaves might not have
                                         helped vs. Texas' big men.

9.    UCLA (12)             W2     2-0   Ever-evolving starting
                                         lineup may not be
                                         settled for a month.

10.   Auburn (4)            L1     2-1   Pohlman looks more like
                                         an All-American than
                                         Porter.

11.   Syracuse (15)         W3     3-0   Heard it here first:
                                         Thomas will have
                                         triple-double by Jan. 1.

12.   Texas (23)            W4     4-0   If Mihm's body survives,
                                         Horns may be dancing
                                         in Indy.

13.   Kentucky (10)         L1     3-1   Bungled ballhandling
                                         gives the other Cats
                                         another win.

14.   Temple (6)            L1     1-1   Team totaled seven assists
                                         vs. Hoosiers without
                                         Sanchez.

15.   Purdue (17)           L1     2-1   Cardinal, in what must
                                         be his 10th year, a
                                         man among boys.

16.   Duke (19)             W3     3-2   Little Dunleavy has big
                                         Dunleavy, NBA scouts
                                         salivating.

17.   Wake Forest (20)      W3     3-0   Balanced attack is
                                         taking the load off
                                         O'Kelley.

18   Tennessee (16)         W3     3-0   Grindstaff's season
                                         likely done after
                                         torn ACL in opener.

19.   Florida (9)           W1     3-1   Second verse same as the
                                         first: Live by the 3,...

20.   Oklahoma State (25)   W4     4-0   Egads--win vs. North Texas
                                         features 167 FG attempts.

21.   Ohio State (14)       L1     0-1   After loss to Roy's
                                         protege, must face
                                         Roy himself Dec. 16.

22.   St. John's (18)       W2     2-1   Only chance at a 2nd
                                         loss before Jan. is
                                         Dec. 14 at DePaul.

23.   Gonzaga (21)          W2     2-0   Gourde, a redshirt last
                                         season, off to stellar
                                         start.

24.   Utah (22)             L1     1-1   Next true challenge
                                         won't come until
                                         Texas visits Dec. 22.

25.   DePaul (24)           W1     3-1   Dental work undoes Q,
                                         but, unlike '98-99,
                                         Demons still win.