Kentucky Got 2 1st-Place Votes In The Final Coaches' Poll Despite Duke Winning It All
Kentucky Coaches Poll 2
The final USA Today Coaches' Poll of the men's college basketball season has been released.
Unsurprisingly, Duke, which won the national championship Monday night, defeating Wisconsin, 68-63, finishes the year as the No. 1 team. The Badgers, who missed out on giving Bo Ryan his first national title at the Division 1 level, end the year at No. 2.
Somewhat surprisingly, though, is that the Blue Devils were not a unanimous No. 1 team. Kentucky, which fell in the Final Four to Wisconsin, received two first-place votes.
Here's the full poll:
- Duke - 29 first-place votes
- Wisconsin
- Kentucky - two first-place votes
- Arizona
- Notre Dame
- Gonzaga
- Michigan State
- Virginia
- Villanova
- Louisville
- Wichita State
- North Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Northern Iowa
- Utah
- Maryland
- Kansas
- West Virginia
- Iowa State
- Arkansas
- Baylor
- Xavier
- Butler
- NC State
- Oregon
