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NCAA Basketball Rankings Welcome New No. 1 in Syracuse Robert Dougherty Published March 01, 2010 by: Robert Dougherty The NCAA basketball rankings have been stable at the top all year. Today, the NCAA basketball rankings finally got shaken up, after a weekend of upsets. Kansas and Kentucky had been on top for most of the year, having NCAA Basketball Rankings Welcome New No. 1 in Syracuse each only lost once. Yet upset losses on the road changed all that – and so did a big performance at the Carrier Dome. As such, the NCAA basketball rankings have Syracuse as No. 1, in the latest stunning accomplishment for Jim Boeheim’s team. Despite their decades of success under Boeheim, Syracuse has only been No. 1 twice in the last 20 years – in 1990, and in 2003 after their only national title. The Orange weren’t projected as a title contender this year, but they have risen up all year. Today, the NCAA basketball rankings finally gave them room at the top. Syracuse’s blowout win over Villanova was
Syracuse University made its way into the number one spot on both the Associated Press and Kris Joseph (32),NCAA College basketball rankings,Syracuse, The Orange, ncaa basketball tournament 2010, ncaa, ncaa basketball rankings 2010, ncaa basketball rankings march 1, ncaa basketball tournament 2010 predictions,2010 NCAA College basketball rankings,Syracuse number 1in rankings,AP college basketball, NCAA College basketball,March 1 NCAA College basketball rankings,USA Today/ESPN’s top 25 men’s college basketball poll. This is the first time The Orange have been at the top, since their six-week run during the 1989-90 season. Syracuse received 59 of 65 first-place votes from the AP media panel, letting them jump up three spots while Kansas State slipped down one to the number two spot. The Orange came in at the third position on the CBS/RPI poll.
