Loss drops Illini basketball to No. 25

Posted December 18, 2011 11:00 pm

Daily Herald News Services

After losing its first game of the year Saturday, Illinois held on to grab the final spot in the top 25 poll for men's college basketball.

The Illini were ranked 19th last week before UNLV beat them at the United Center, 64-48. Illinois shot just 25.4 percent for the game and committed 15 turnovers in the upset.

Here is the lastest ranking by The Associated Press:

Top Twenty Five

First-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 18, with total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Points Previous

1. Syracuse (53) 11-0 1,585 1

2. Ohio St. (5) 10-1 1,474 2

3. Kentucky (4) 9-1 1,457 3

4. Louisville (2) 10-0 1,364 4

5. North Carolina 9-2 1,340 5

6. Baylor 9-0 1,271 6

7. Duke 9-1 1,266 7

8. UConn 9-1 1,102 9

9. Missouri 11-0 1,076 10

10. Marquette 10-0 1,021 11

11. Florida 8-2 946 13

12. Kansas 7-2 939 12

13. Wisconsin 10-2 746 14

14. Xavier 8-1 728 8

15. Pittsburgh 10-1 707 15

16. Georgetown 9-1 644 16

17. Indiana 10-0 601 18

18. Mississippi St. 11-1 576 17

19. Michigan St. 9-2 413 21

20. Michigan 9-2 381 20

21. UNLV 11-2 251 —

22. Murray St. 12-0 222 24

23. Creighton 8-1 130 25

24. Virginia 9-1 102 —

25. Illinois 10-1 96 19

Others receiving votes: Harvard 88, San Diego St. 67, Stanford 61, Saint Louis 33, Gonzaga 23, Kansas St. 22, Texas A&M 18, Alabama 8, Wichita St. 8, Cleveland St. 7, N. Iowa 7, California 5, Vanderbilt 5, Northwestern 4, Ohio 3, Long Beach St. 2, Indiana St. 1.

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