BATON ROUGE — After improving to 3-0 last week, the LSU Men’s Basketball team climbed to No. 17 in the USA Today Coaches Poll and No. 22 in the AP Top 25, it was announced Monday.
LSU takes on Marquette (1-2) on Monday night in the Legands Classic at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2, with pregame on the LSU Sports Radio Network set for 5:30 p.m.
NC State and Arizona State will follow approximately 8:30 p.m. CT in the nightcap of the four-team event.
The winners of Monday’s games will square off Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN2, while the consolation game will be at 4:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
AP Top 25
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points
1, Kentucky (59), 4-0, 1,619
2, Maryland (6), 3-0, 1,518
3, Michigan State, 3-0, 1,448
4, Iowa State, 2-0, 1,297
5, Kansas, 1-1, 1,243
6, Duke, 4-1, 1,238
7, Oklahoma, 2-0, 1,210
8, Villanova, 4-0, 1,153
9, North Carolina, 3-1, 1,141
10, Gonzaga, 2-0, 1,138
11, Arizona, 4-0, 970
12, Virginia, 4-1, 872
13, Indiana, 3-0, 846
14, California, 3-0, 746
15, Miami (FL), 5-0, 724
16, Purdue, 5-0, 550
17, Notre Dame, 3-0, 480
18, Connecticut, 3-0, 432
19, Vanderbilt, 3-0, 431
20, Wichita St, 2-1, 423
21, Oregon, 4-0, 369
22, LSU, 3-0, 285
23, Xavier, 3-0, 143
24, Cincinnati, 4-0, 110
t25, Texas A&M, 4-0, 100
t25, SMU, 3-0, 100
Others receiving votes: Utah 95, George Washington 85, Baylor 81, West Virginia 69, Butler 59, Louisville 40, Northern Iowa 23, Iowa 20, Dayton 18, Tulsa 17, Colorado State 13, Providence 8, Georgetown 4, Michigan 3, Valparaiso 2, Washington 1, Chattanooga 1
Dropped from rankings: Utah 16, Baylor 20, Butler 22, Michigan 24
USA Today Coaches Poll
Rank, Team (First-Place Votes), Record, Points
1, Kentucky (28), 4-0, 772
2, Maryland (3), 3-0, 736
3, Duke, 4-1, 623
4, Michigan State, 3-0, 614
5, Iowa State, 2-0, 610
6, Oklahoma, 2-0, 561
7, Kansas, 1-1, 555
8, North Carolina, 3-1, 554
9, Villanova, 4-0, 552
10, Arizona, 4-0, 530
11, Gonzaga, 2-0, 492
12, Virginia, 4-1, 488
13, California, 3-0, 377
14, Indiana, 3-0, 327
15, Purdue, 5-0, 262
16, Vanderbilt, 3-0, 260
17, LSU, 3-0, 220
18, Notre Dame, 3-0, 218
19, Miami (FL), 5-0, 216
20, Wichita St, 2-1, 200
21, Connecticut, 3-0, 164
22, West Virginia, 3-0, 145
23, Oregon, 4-0, 124
24, Cincinnati, 4-0, 82
25, Baylor, 2-1, 77
Others receiving votes: Utah 73, Louisville 51, Butler 47, Xavier 44, Texas A&M 41, Michigan 15, George Washington 12, Dayton 10, Tulsa 6, Washington 3, New Mexico 3, Iowa 3, Northern Iowa 3, Davidson 3, Georgetown 1, Colorado State 1
Dropped from rankings: Utah 16, Butler 20, Michigan 25