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Coaches' Corner
USA Today/ESPNCoaches Poll - Division I - 2009-10

October 29, 2009 -- Preseason

Rank School (first place votes) Record Points Rank
1 Kansas (27) 27-8 770 10
2 Michigan State (3) 31-7 732 2
3 Texas 23-12 676 23
4 North Carolina (1) 34-4 653 1
5 Kentucky 22-14 635 NR
6 Villanova 30-8 620 4
7 Purdue 27-10 586 14
8 Duke 30-7 528 11
9 West Virginia 23-12 501 NR
10 Butler 26-6 408 25
11 Tennessee 21-13 406 NR
12 California 22-11 370 NR
13 Washington 26-9 364 16
14 Connecticut 31-5 361 3
15 Michigan 21-14 279 NR
16 Oklahoma 30-6 244 7
17 Ohio State 22-11 241 NR
18 Minnesota 22-11 151 NR
19 Mississippi State 23-13 149 NR
20 Georgia Tech 12-19 136 NR
21 Georgetown 16-15 134 NR
22 Dayton 27-8 130 NR
23 Louisville 31-6 123 5
24 Clemson 23-9 114 NR
25 Syracuse 28-10 111 12

Others receiving votes: Maryland (21-14) 100; Illinois (24-10) 83; Siena (27-8) 72; UCLA (26-9) 59; Vanderbilt (19-12) 38; Oklahoma State (23-12) 29; Missouri (31-7) 28; Xavier (27-8) 25; Gonzaga (28-6) 24; Notre Dame (21-15) 22; Southern California (22-13) 22; Pittsburgh (31-5) 19; Tulsa (25-11) 17; Brigham Young (25-8) 16; Kansas State (22-12) 16; Florida State (25-10) 15; Florida (25-11) 13; Wake Forest (24-7) 13; San Diego State (26-10) 8; Creighton (27-8) 7; Boston College (22-12) 4; Texas A&M (24-10) 4; Cornell (21-9) 3; Memphis (33-4) 3; Mississippi (16-15) 3; Southern Illinois (13-18) 3; Utah State (30-5) 3; UNLV (21-11) 2; Northern Iowa (23-11) 1; South Carolina (21-10) 1.

The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31 head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2009-10 season: Mike Adras, Northern Arizona; Dana Altman, Creighton; Tommy Amaker, Harvard; Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Ronnie Arrow, South Alabama; Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville; Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Charlie Coles, Miami (Ohio); Steve Fisher, San Diego State; Greg Graham, Boise State; Rob Jeter, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Billy Kennedy, Murray State; Billy Lange, Navy; Dan Leibovitz, Hartford; Fran McCaffery, Siena; Mike McConathy, Northwestern State; Bob McKillop, Davidson; Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's; Ron "Fang" Mitchell, Coppin State; Matt Painter, Purdue; Tom Pecora, Hofstra; John Pelphrey, Arkansas; Mike Rice, Robert Morris; Doc Sadler, Nebraska; Herb Sendek, Arizona State; Scott Sutton, Oral Roberts; Bob Williams, UC-Santa Barbara; Gary Williams, Maryland; Doug Wojcik, Tulsa.

Record shown is final 2008-09 record. Rank is final rank from 2008-09 season.

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