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Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Bison No. 25 in coaches poll
After entering the NCAA Tournament unranked, Bucknell moved to No. 25 in the final USA Today-ESPN Coaches Poll, released Tuesday.

The Bison are the first Patriot League ever to be ranked in the final poll of a season. Earlier this season they became the first league team to make an appearance in the Top 25 when they were voted No. 24 in the Feb. 13 poll.

The ranking caps a season in which Bucknell received votes in the poll in all 19 weeks of the voting.

It will be interesting to see where the Bison finish in the final Mid-Majors Top 25. That poll was expected to be released today, but as of 8:38 p.m. has not been posted. The Bison were ranked No. 2 in the final Mid-Major Top 25 of the regular season, behind Gonzaga. Conventional wisdom would expect George Mason to claim the top spot after their run to the Final Four. The Patriots were ranked No. 8 in the final coaches poll, Gonzaga was 10th. Two other mid-majors made the final coaches top 25, Wichita State (21), and Bradley (24).

The final AP poll is also due out, but has not yet been released.
Published at 7:35 PM by Hoop Time.
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