Knight leads Texas Tech back into AP Top 25
Bob Knight's first season at Texas Tech has the Red Raiders where they haven't been in five years the Top 25.
While the top six teams in the AP college basketball poll held their places from last week, Texas Tech joined the ranks of the ranked Monday.
The Red Raiders (15-3), who finished tied for last in the Big 12 last season with a 3-13 record, entered the poll at No. 20 following a seven-day period in which they beat two Top 10 teams Oklahoma State and Oklahoma.
Texas Tech was last ranked in the 1996-97 season when it was in the poll for 10 weeks, reaching as high as 18th.
Duke (18-1), which beat Boston College and Virginia last week to extend its winning streak to six games, was a unanimous No. 1 again, receiving all 71 first-place votes from the national media panel.
Kansas, the team that was No. 1 the week Duke wasn't, remained at No. 2.
UConn remains No. 1, rest of poll shuffles
Connecticut led a top five that stayed the same Monday in the AP women's basketball poll, but any stability ended there.
Six members of the Top 25 lost a total of eight games to unranked teams during the past week, resulting in a major shuffling in places six through 25.
Florida, which defeated two ranked teams, and Kansas State made the biggest gains in the poll, which had no newcomers. Wisconsin and Virginia Tech, both beaten twice during the week, lost the most ground.
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