UK basketball notes

Staying the same
The top five in the college basketball rankings remained the same this week with Kansas at the top, followed by Texas, UK, Purdue and Syracuse rounding out the top five.

For the second straight week UK (11-0) received one first-place vote and Syracuse, though at No. 5, received two first-place votes.

Louisville (7-3) didn’t receive any top-25 votes in the Associated Press poll, but did receive one vote in the ESPN/USA Today poll.

The Southeastern Conference put four teams in the top AP top 25. UK leads the conference at No. 3, Mississippi is No. 15, Tennessee is No. 16 and Florida is No. 18. The Volunteers and Gators dropped in the rankings after losses to Southern California and Richmond, respectively.

The streak is over
John Wall’s Freshman of the Week streak is over.

The star freshman for UK had won the award four consecutive weeks, but the streak has finally ended.

Mississippi’s Reginald Buckner won the award this week.

Bob Cousy Award Candidate
While the SEC Freshman of the Week award didn’t go Wall’s way, he’s now vying for another award.

Wall has been named a Bob Cousy Award Candidate as announced by The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Bob Cousy Award is given to the nation’s top point guard.