Louisville Basketball: Predicting The Week 9 Associated Press Poll
By Derek Snyder
We take a look at where the Louisville basketball team to end up in the new week 9 poll by the Associated Press later this week.
It was a pretty solid week for the Louisville basketball program as they got beat by Virginia, but were able to pick up a road win over Indiana. Don’t let anyone tell you that the win over IU was a neutral-site court because that crowd was clearly pro-IU.
With that being said, will the Cards’ loss to Virginia hurt them in the rankings this week?
Let’s take a look at our projected poll, starting out with the defending National Champions:
1. Villanova Wildcats: 14-0
I think it’s a pretty safe to bet to say that the defending National Champions will stay as the number one team in the country after surviving a scare against Depaul and beating #10 Creighton.
However, the testing for the Wildcats won’t be over soon, as they have to go on the road to play #13 Butler later this week.
With that being said, Villanova is still one of the best teams in the entire country and they will probably stay at number one for most of the season.
I’m not sure that there is anyone on their schedule that would be favored in taking them down.
Until an upset happens, just assume that Villanova is number one every week.