Monday, March 17, 2025

Classic Conference Champions

Today we received the last AP Men's Basketball Poll before the NCAA Tournament.  We award the Classic Conference titles to the team that finished highest in that poll from the Classic Conference at issue.  You will see that Florida, after trailing Auburn all year, nipped the Tigers in the last weekend to capture the Classic SEC.  All rankings in parentheses:

Classic ACC:  (1) Duke, (11) Maryland, (12) Clemson
Classic Southwest:  (2) Houston, (9) Texas Tech, (19) Texas A & M
Classic SEC:  (3) Florida, (4) Auburn, (6) Tennessee, (7) Alabama, (18) Kentucky
Classic Big East:  (5) St. John's
Classic Big Ten:  (8) Michigan St., (13) Wisconsin, (14) Michigan, (22) Purdue
Classic Metro:  (10) Louisville, (16) Memphis
Classic Big Eight: (15) Iowa St., (23) Missouri
Classic Western Athletic:  (17) Brigham Young
Classic West Coast:  (20) Saint Mary's, (24) Gonzaga
Classic Pac Ten:  (21) Arizona, (25) Oregon

Congrats to our classic conference champs!
Posted by GoHeath at 5:57 PM
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2 comments:

  1. GoHeathMarch 17, 2025 at 5:58:00 PM EDT

    Iowa State won the Classic Big Eight in both football and basketball. What an amazing year for the Cyclones!

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  2. GoHeathMarch 17, 2025 at 6:29:00 PM EDT

    Here are the highest ranked teams in each of Sixteen Regions (according to Ken Pom). I would really like to attend the Sixth Region Tournament, which is being played (as usual) at the Omni in Atlanta:

    1st: Connecticut (35)
    2d: St. John's (11)
    3d: Villanova (56)
    4th: Maryland (12)
    5th: Duke (1), Clemson (18)
    6th: Florida (2), Auburn (4), Alabama (6)
    7th: Mississippi (26)
    8th: Tennessee (5), Kentucky (16)
    9th: Ohio St. (39)
    10th: Michigan St. (8), Purdue (19)
    11th: Iowa St. (10), Wisconsin (13), Illinois (20)
    12th: Missouri (15)
    13th: Houston (3), Texas Tech (7), Texas A & M (17)
    14th: Arizona (14)
    15th: Gonzaga (9)
    16th: Saint Mary's (22)

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