College Basketball Power Rankings: Week 15

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College Basketball Power Rankings - Week 15
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Last Week: 3		245Oklahoma hasn't lost in 2009, running off 13 straight since falling to Arkansas on Dec. 30, while the Hogs have won only three since then. The Sooners seem to be rolling downhill but will run into their biggest challenge in some time with a trip to Texas and a visit from Kansas over a three-day span.
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Last Week: 2		240Only twice this season has Tyler Hansbrough not scored in double figures. Both times the Tar Heels played NC State the following game. Hansbrough scored 58 points in each of those two games, 27 coming in a win Wednesday against the Wolfpack, as the Tar Heels enter their stretch run with three more wins than any team in the ACC.
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Last Week: 4		234Two Big East Player of the Year candidates met last week, as well as the No. 1 and No. 4 teams in the nation. One pulled down 22 points and 23 rebounds while flipping the other over his back, as DeJuan Blair and Pitt dropped Hasheem Thabeet and UConn in Hartford.
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Last Week: 1		218A visit from South Florida this weekend might not bring with it the same physical presence that Pitt brought in its visit, but the Huskies and Panthers will be able to renew pleasantries soon enough with a March 7 rematch in Pittsburgh.
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Last Week: 6		205Memphis' winning streak, which started before Christmas, has reached 17 games. The Tigers have held their past three opponents to under 50 points, and welcomed back freshman Wesley Witherspoon in their latest win over SMU. The freshman saw 18 minutes, scoring six points after missing the previous six games with a knee injury.
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Last Week: 10		184James Johnson had 24 points and 11 rebounds as the Demon Deacons avenged an earlier defeat to Georgia Tech. Now it's off to Cameron, where two former No. 1s meet in a game that might only count toward second place in the ACC.
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Last Week: 10		181Louisville has scored 99 and 94 points in two wins against DePaul and Providence, respectively, after getting walloped at Notre Dame. The Cardinals hit the road this weekend to play Cincinnati and Georgetown.
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Last Week: 5		163Twenty-two turnovers and 32.7 percent shooting doomed the Spartans in West Lafayette, as a 72-54 loss to Purdue cut their lead in the Big Ten to just one game, making the return trip in the regular-season finale all the more interesting.
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Last Week: 15		161Missouri has had a week to enjoy its 23-point win over Nebraska last Saturday, the Tigers' fifth straight. March Madness actually starts March 1 for the Tigers, who visit Lawrence and host OU in the first four days of the month.
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Last Week: 7		160Fifty-nine points in the second half against Maryland powered the Tigers to a 29-point win Tuesday. This weekend they visit Georgia Tech, which is winless in February.
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Last Week: 12		159Marquette's final five games will stretch to the limit its ability to challenge in the Big East to the very end. The Golden Eagles' regular-season final stretch sees them travel to D.C. to play Georgetown, host UConn, visit Louisville and Pitt before finishing with a visit from Syracuse.
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Last Week: 9		142The Wildcats ended a six-game winning streak with their most lopsided loss of the season, a 93-72 drubbing at West Virginia. Villanova rebounded with a win over Rutgers heading into a weekend visit to Syracuse at the Carrier Dome.
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DukeDuke
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Last Week: 8		136A rare start from Elliot Williams (career-high 11 points) helped the Devils stop a two-game skid against St. John's at Madison Square Garden. And it couldn't happen soon enough, with a visit from Wake Forest on Sunday.
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KansasKansas
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Last Week: 18		118KU saw a 17-point second-half lead trimmed to five, but the Jayhawks won their 38th straight at home, holding off Iowa State. A visit from Nebraska this weekend is all that separates the Jayhawks from a Big Monday meeting with OU in Norman.
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Last Week: 16		117The best ball being played in the Pac-10 in recent weeks has come from the state of Arizona. ASU, owners of a four-game winning streak, will host Arizona, who will arrive in Tempe with a seven-game winning streak of its own. The Sun Devils took the first game this season, a 53-47 win in Tucson.
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PurduePurdue
20-6
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Last Week: NR		101Robbie Hummel scored 11 points in his first start back as Purdue overwhelmed Michigan State defensively to trim the Spartans' lead in the Big Ten to one game. The Boilermakers play three of their next four at home before a rematch in East Lansing.
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UCLAUCLA
20-6
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Last Week: 13		100UCLA was not about to lose three straight. Not to Washington, the league leader; not in Pauley. Josh Shipp and Darren Collison ensured UCLA got back on track, leading the Bruins to a win over the Huskies.
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Last Week: 21		60Aside from a disappearing act in Spokane against Memphis, the Zags are unbeaten in 2009 and clinched their ninth consecutive WCC regular-season title with a win over Loyola Marymount.
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Last Week: 22		58A loss to UCLA gave Washington its fourth Pac-10 defeat, giving it something in common with three other league teams. The Huskies face a difficult stretch with a visit to USC before they host the Arizona schools.
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XavierXavier
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Last Week: 17		50Xavier was 19-2 through January. The Musketeers are 2-3 in February, dropping them to an unfamiliar second place in the A-10. A visit from George Washington, second from the bottom in the league, might be a good way to get on track.
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LSULSU
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Last Week: NR		41In the eccentric world of SEC hoops this season, at least one team has emerged from the pack. The Tigers are 10-1 in the SEC, with three of their final five games coming at home.
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DaytonDayton
23-3
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Last Week: 23		39The Flyers beat Richmond at home last Saturday to remain atop the A-10 standings. Dayton hits the road for three of its final five games, including a rematch with Xavier in Cincinnati.
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Last Week: NR		29Syracuse got back to its winning ways last week with an overtime win over Georgetown. The Orange will have had eight days' rest before hosting Villanova in the Carrier Dome this weekend, where they are 5-1 in league play.
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Last Week: 24		28The Seminoles hit the road for a two-games-in-three-days at Virginia Tech and BC. Twenty wins is happy news in Tallahassee, but Florida State fans will hold their celebrations for happier news, hopefully coming in the form of a first NCAA invite in over a decade.
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Last Week: NR		17Even without Joe Mazzulla, the Mountaineers have kept pace, and got above .500 in the Big East with wins over Villanova and Notre Dame. WVU hits the road for three straight, though Rutgers, Cincinnati and South Florida is as manageable a Big East road trip as a team can hope for.
Others receiving votes: Arizona (15), Illinois (10), Utah (10), California (8), Brigham Young (8), Utah State (7), Butler (3), Florida (3)
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