The Kentucky basketball teams are on the rise again. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams moved up in the major polls after going unscathed in conference play last week.Following Villanova’s loss to Georgetown, the men moved up to No. 3 in the Associated Press Top 25 and No. 2 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. UK trails Kansas and Syracuse, respectively, in the AP poll and Kansas in the Coaches poll.The men notched two first-place votes in the AP and one in the Coaches.Meanwhile, the women continued their climb in the AP Top 25, jumping to No. 17 in the latest rankings. UK’s 8-2 record in league play marks the program’s best start in Southeastern Conference play in school history. The women’s Coaches poll will be released Tuesday.
Also, ESPN.com has its weekly Bracketology. This week the Cats are in Milwaukee as a No. 1 seed, of course.
Full polls below:
AP Top 25 (men) 1. Kansas (55) 22-1 1,613 2. Syracuse (8) 23-1 1,553 3. Kentucky (2) 22-1 1,514 4. Villanova 20-2 1,366 5. West Virginia 19-3 1,361 6. Purdue 19-3 1,301 7. Georgetown 17-5 1,211 8. Duke 19-4 1,142 9. Kansas State 19-4 1,139 10. Michigan State 19-5 968 11. Wisconsin 18-5 871 12. Tennessee 18-4 850 13. Ohio State 18-6 845 14. Texas 19-4 789 15. New Mexico 21-3 725 16. Gonzaga 19-4 693 17. Brigham Young 22-3 532 18. Butler 20-4 422 19. Northern Iowa 21-2 298 20. Georgia Tech 17-6 269 21. Temple 19-5 223 22. Vanderbilt 17-5 222 23. UNLV 19-4 209 24. Baylor 17-5 202 25. Pittsburgh 17-6 149ESPN/USA Today Poll (men) 1. Kansas (29) 22-1 773 2. Kentucky (1) 22-1 731 3. Syracuse (1) 23-1 728 4. West Virginia 19-3 657 5. Villanova 20-2 639 6. Purdue 19-3 599 7. Duke 19-4 574 8. Georgetown 17-5 560 9. Kansas State 19-4 506 10. Michigan State 19-5 455 11. Gonzaga 19-4 427 12. Tennessee 18-4 417 13. Wisconsin 18-5 401 14. Texas 19-4 361 15. Butler 20-4 326 16. Ohio State 18-6 302 17. Brigham Young 22-3 298 18. Northern Iowa 21-2 221 19. New Mexico 21-3 211 20. Georgia Tech 17-6 150 21. Temple 19-5 131 22. Cornell 20-3 112 23. Pittsburgh 17-6 89 24. Vanderbilt 17-5 76 25. UNLV 19-4 55
AP Top 25 (women) 1. Connecticut (40) 23-0 1000 2. Stanford 21-1 959 3. Nebraska 21-0 896 4. Notre Dame 21-1 894 5. Tennessee 20-2 850 6. Xavier 18-3 775 7. Ohio State 23-3 740 8. Duke 18-4 709 9. West Virginia 21-3 627 10. Florida State 20-4 593 11. Baylor 17-5 537 12. Oklahoma 16-6 511 13. Texas A&M 16-5 510 14. Texas 16-6 475 15. Oklahoma State 18-5 436 16. Georgetown 19-3 402 17. Kentucky 20-3 372 18. North Carolina 16-5 358 19. Georgia 19-5 323 20. Iowa State 18-4 210 21. Georgia Tech 19-5 205 22. Gonzaga 19-4 118 23. LSU 15-7 93 24. TCU 17-5 70 25. St. John’s 19-4 68
