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NBE BIG EAST POWER POLL (12/7/2009)

For the third consecutive poll, the team with the most 1st place votes does not finish in the top spot. Actually, West Virginia, with the most 1st place votes, finishes third in this week’s poll. Villanova returns to the top spot after their win over Maryland last night in the BB&T Classic in DC. Syracuse also slips in front of WVU as all three teams are neck and neck. Louisville gets hammered as they lost at home by 22 points with three of their top four guards missing against UNC-C because of injuries. Seton Hall also creeps up in this week’s voting.

Here are the poll results (1st place votes in parenthesis):

1) Villanova (3), 151 points.
2) Syracuse (3), 149 points.
3) West Virginia (4), 148 points.
4) Connecticut, 120 points.
5) Georgetown, 117 points.
6) Cincinnati, 112 points.
7) Seton Hall, 85 points.
8] Notre Dame, 82 points.
9) St. John’s, 74 points.
10) Pittsburgh, 72 points.
11) Louisville, 71 points.
12) Marquette, 63 points.
13) South Florida, 52 points.
14) DePaul, 26 points.
15) Providence, 22 points.
16) Rutgers, 16 points.

Player of the Week: Luke Harangody, Notre Dame

co-Freshman of the Week: Dane Miller, Rutgers & Brandon Triche, Syracuse

Here are the poll voters:

NBE Blogger
Chris Dokish, Contributing editor of Pittsburgh Sports Report
Ron Bailey, Publisher of i95ballerz.com
Jeff Borzello, NBE Senior Basketball Analyst and Publisher of March Madness All Season
Raphielle Johnson, NBE contributor and CollegeHoopsNet.com writer
Alex Schwartz, President of Northstar Basketball
Ray Balter, NBE contributor
Doug Ferguson, NBE Midwest Editor and lead writer at the NBE Association Report
Alex Jesswein, NBE Contributor/Milwaukee correspondent
John Sessions, sports reporter for The Cowl.

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