The Ohio State Buckeyes received 15 of 16 votes from ESPN’s college basketball experts, keeping them in the top spot on ESPN’s NCAA Basketball power rankings list.  The Buckeyes are the only undefeated team left.  “The Buckeyes have had a week to prepare for Saturday’s monster road game in Madison, Wis.,” it says in the rankings.  ”The good news for coach Thad Matta is that there isn’t much to tweak, especially when he gets offensive contributions from the likes of Dallas Lauderdale, who scored 10 points in OSU’s win over Minnesota.”

Texas comes in at number two and was the only other team to receive a first place vote.  The Longhorns are gaining a lot of steam right now.  Kansas comes in at three, followed by Pitt.  Duke rounds out the Top 5.  A surging North Carolina team climbed to 19 this week after falling off the list for a good portion of the season.  Though the Tar Heels were unable to pull off the upset of Duke on Wednesday night, their play was encouraging and has a lot of people expecting to see them make some noise in the NCAA Tournament.  Their inconsistency worries me, but the talent is there.

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