Kansas No. 5, Wichita State No. 12 in coaches basketball poll
Kansas is No. 5 and Wichita State is No. 12 in the USA Today men’s basketball poll voted on by coaches.
The Jayhawks, 27-9 last season, received 675 points and one first-place vote. WSU (30-5) earned 461 points.
Kentucky and North Carolina share the No. 1 spot, both with 749 points. North Carolina received 12 first-place votes, one more than Kentucky. Maryland and Duke follow.
Utah, WSU’s opponent on Dec. 12 at Intrust Bank Arena, is No. 16. No. 18 Notre Dame is a potential Shocker opponent in November in the Advocare Invitational in Orlando, Fla.
Thirty-two coaches, including Baylor’s Scott Crew and Northern Iowa’s Ben Jacobson vote in the poll.
The Shockers ended last season No. 11 in the coaches poll, after defeating the Jayhawks in the NCAA Tournament. Kansas was No. 17.
The Associated Press preseason poll is expected to be announced in early November.
Wichita State’s game against Utah sold out Wednesday afternoon. It took fans 22 days to purchase 15,004 seat. Last season’s game against Saint Louis sold out on Dec. 5, one day before tipoff.
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Coaches’ preseason college basketball poll
The top 25 teams in the coaches’ men's preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2014-15 records, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and final 2014-15 ranking:
Record | Pts | Pvs | |
1. North Carolina (12) | 26-12 | 749 | 12 |
1. Kentucky (11) | 38-1 | 749 | 3 |
3. Maryland (5) | 28-7 | 723 | 16 |
4. Duke (3) | 35-4 | 686 | 1 |
5. Kansas (1) | 27-9 | 675 | 17 |
6. Virginia | 30-4 | 667 | 8 |
7. Iowa State | 25-9 | 541 | 19 |
8. Oklahoma | 24-11 | 520 | 13 |
9. Villanova | 33-3 | 498 | 9 |
10. Arizona | 34-4 | 477 | 4 |
11. Gonzaga | 35-3 | 468 | 6 |
12. Wichita State | 30-5 | 461 | 11 |
13. Michigan State | 27-12 | 386 | 7 |
14. California | 18-15 | 350 | - |
15. Indiana | 20-14 | 312 | - |
16. Utah | 26-9 | 250 | 15 |
17. Wisconsin | 36-4 | 181 | 2 |
18. Notre Dame | 32-6 | 172 | 5 |
19. LSU | 22-11 | 163 | - |
20. Vanderbilt | 21-14 | 153 | - |
21. Baylor | 24-10 | 145 | 21 |
22. Butler | 23-11 | 132 | 23 |
23. West Virginia | 25-10 | 125 | 18 |
24. Connecticut | 20-15 | 110 | - |
24. Purdue | 21-13 | 110 | - |
Others receiving votes: Michigan 108, Louisville 93, Texas A&M 58, UCLA 48, Georgetown 45, Cincinnati 43, North Carolina State 36, Oregon 33, Texas 29, Florida State 25, Xavier 25, Miami 11, San Diego State 10, Iowa 8, Boise State 5, Davidson 5, Providence 5, Belmont 2, Ohio State 2, Stephen F. Austin 2, Dayton 1, Marquette 1, Old Dominion 1, Tulsa 1.
This story was originally published October 15, 2015 at 11:21 AM with the headline "Kansas No. 5, Wichita State No. 12 in coaches basketball poll."