Louisville, Indiana 1-2 in poll

**Reg** · 01-14-2013, 07:10 PM

AP

Rick Pitino is guessing his Louisville Cardinals won't be the last team to be No. 1 this season.

The Cardinals took advantage of losses by Duke and Michigan to move up two spots to No. 1 on Monday in The Associated Press' Top 25 poll. This is just the second time in school history they're on top. The other time was the final poll of 2008-09, a season in which they reached the final eight of the NCAA tournament.

Louisville (15-1) was one of five teams to receive a first-place vote this week, and that backs Pitino's point.

"I think the top teams will play musical chairs for No. 1 for the next two months and it will be really significant at the end of the year," Pitino said Monday, hours before the Cardinals took their No. 1 ranking into a game at Connecticut. "We played a tough nonconference schedule and I'm really happy the way our guys have battled through injuries. We'll try to hold the musical top as long as we can."

The Cardinals, who have won 10 straight since losing to Duke in the final of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, received 36 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. That's 23 more than Indiana, which moved up from fifth.

Indiana was No. 1 in the preseason poll and for the first five weeks of the regular season. Duke, which was No. 1 for the past four weeks, was third with 14 No. 1 votes. The Blue Devils were followed by Kansas and Michigan, which drew one first-place vote each.

**Reveryroadie** · 01-14-2013, 07:33 PM

Louisville won't be #1 long if they lose to UCONN tonight

**DBTS** · 01-15-2013, 10:29 AM

ACC would have 5 of the top 20 if Louisville, ND, Syracuse had already joined.

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Reg Ray's #2 Hero/Gramps HOF'er (retired jersey) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Pontiac,MI Posts: 39,316 Reputation: 1285 My Mood: : $303068	Louisville, Indiana 1-2 in poll AP Rick Pitino is guessing his Louisville Cardinals won't be the last team to be No. 1 this season. The Cardinals took advantage of losses by Duke and Michigan to move up two spots to No. 1 on Monday in The Associated Press' Top 25 poll. This is just the second time in school history they're on top. The other time was the final poll of 2008-09, a season in which they reached the final eight of the NCAA tournament. Louisville (15-1) was one of five teams to receive a first-place vote this week, and that backs Pitino's point. "I think the top teams will play musical chairs for No. 1 for the next two months and it will be really significant at the end of the year," Pitino said Monday, hours before the Cardinals took their No. 1 ranking into a game at Connecticut. "We played a tough nonconference schedule and I'm really happy the way our guys have battled through injuries. We'll try to hold the musical top as long as we can." The Cardinals, who have won 10 straight since losing to Duke in the final of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament, received 36 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. That's 23 more than Indiana, which moved up from fifth. Indiana was No. 1 in the preseason poll and for the first five weeks of the regular season. Duke, which was No. 1 for the past four weeks, was third with 14 No. 1 votes. The Blue Devils were followed by Kansas and Michigan, which drew one first-place vote each. __________________

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