Tuesday, February 26, 2013
How Gonzaga climbed up the rankings to No. 2, in charts
This week, Gonzaga men’s basketball is No. 2 in both major polls, the highest the team has ever been ranked.
Rankings don’t win games, but they don’t hurt, either, and Gonzaga’s cracked the Top 5 four seasons in the past decade. We took a look at how the team was ranked week-by-week in each of those seasons.
(When the two polls don’t give the same ranking, AP is in blue and USA Today is in green.)
2012-13
As we know, this year Gonzaga is finishing up the regular season in a very good position, ranked behind only Indiana.
2008-09
The team was ranked way up there early in the 2008-09 season, then fell out of the Top 25 completely before making a comeback. That season’s tournament appearance ended in a third-round loss to eventual-champion North Carolina.
2005-06
The team was ranked consistently in the Top 10 during the 2005-06 season. In the end, the season ended in the third round with a loss to UCLA.
2003-04
The 2003-04 team climbed up the rankings all season to the No. 3 ranking, but lost in the second round of the tournament.
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