Ohio State Basketball Joins Football Team at the Top: For a school whose nickname is a type of nut, Ohio State is really good at sports. The Ohio State Buckeyes ascended to No. 1 today in the new USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ poll. The basketball version of the Buckeyes have matched the football team’s No. 1 ranking.
Both teams that had been in front of the Buckeyes in the last poll lost. North Carolina fell to Gonzaga, and Florida lost to Kansas. UCLA is No. 2 in the poll, despite having 13 first place votes to Ohio State’s 11. Butler and Wichita State both entered the polls this week, with the Shockers coming in at No. 22 and Butler entering at No. 18. Two SEC schools, Tennessee and Kentucky, dropped out of the poll this week.
[11/27/06]
