TSN Power Poll: through Saturday

Sporting News, The, Feb 18, 2002

TSN POWER POLL

Rk.   Team (last week)    W-L    Key Stat

 1.   Duke (1)            22-1   Scored fewer than 80 only twice.
 2.   Kansas (2)          21-2   71.2 FT% is team's best since '93.
 3.   Maryland (3)        18-3   Steve Blake averaging 7.3 assists.
 4.   Cincinnati (6)      22-2   Opponents shoot 37.2% from field.
 5.   Oklahoma (7)        19-3   Hollis Price has 7 20-point games.
 6.   Gonzaga (5)         22-3   Dan Dickau averaging 3.8 3s.
 7.   Alabama (4)         20-4   3 SEC road wins after 1 last year.
 8.   Marquette (8)       21-3   Two 10-game winning streaks.
 9.   Florida (9)         18-4   Bonner, Haslem, Lee: 56.0 FG%.
10.   Pittsburgh (16)     20-4   Opponents averaging 59.0 points.
11.   Kentucky (11)       16-6   Bogans' 12.2 ppg down from 17.0.
12.   Miami, Fla. (14)    20-3   5 'Canes averaging double figures.
13.   Arizona (18)        17-6   6-8 Luke Walton: 6.0 apg.
14.   Indiana (19)        16-7   Team 3-pt.% is 41.0.
15.   USC (15)            16-6   Leads Pac-10, averaging 8.8 steals.
16.   Georgia (13)        18-6   Team 3-pt.% is 31.7.
17.   Oregon (10)         17-7   Team 3-pt.% is 41.1.
18.   Stanford (23)       15-6   Jacobsen: 90 pts. last 2 Thursdays.
19.   Ohio State (17)     17-4   14-1 record at home.
20.   Connecticut (20)    15-6   Frosh Emeka Okafor: 4.1 bpg.
21.   W. Kentucky (29)    22-3   9 players average 17-plus mpg.
22.   Oklahoma St. (32)   18-5   13-0 outside the Big 12.
23.   Memphis (22)        20-5   Kelly Wise: 11.2 rpg in C-USA.
24.   UCLA (21)           16-7   Has not won 3 straight in 2002.
25.   Xavier (33)         17-4   Only 6 players average 10-plus mpg.
26.   Illinois (25)       17-7   F. Williams: 1 20-pt. game in Big Ten.
27.   Wake Forest (26)    17-7   4 Deacons average double figures.
28.   NC State (34)       17-6   An ACC-best 74.7 FT%.
29.   Syracuse (31)       18-6   Shumpert, Williams: 38.6 ppg.
30.   Pepperdine (36)     17-6   6 players averaging double figures.
31.   Butler (37)         22-3   13-0 outside Horizon Conference.
32.   Hawaii (30)         20-4   Rebounding margin of minus-1.5.
33.   Mississippi (27)    18-6   Shoot 73.7% from free-throw line.
34.   Texas (39)          16-7   T.J. Ford: 8.5 apg.
35.   Utah (24)           17-4   45.8 3-pt.% in Mountain West.
36.   Virginia (12)       14-6   Cars are 5-6 in 2002.
37.   Notre Dame (--)     17-6   Frosh PG Chris Thomas: 37.6 mpg
38.   Kent State (38)     18-5   Allowing MAC-best 63.2 ppg.
39.   Wyoming (--)        16-5   Plus-9.3 rebounding margin
40.   Tulsa (40)          20-4   109 more assists than turnovers.

Dropped out: Texas Tech (28), Missouri (35).

The TSN Power Poll is determined by TSN editors.