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Kentucky Ends Season at No. 3 in the Nation

The Kentucky Wildcats come in at No. 3 in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll of the 2010-11 season.

Louisville finishes the season at No. 22 in the rankings.

[B]Final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll:[/B]

[I]Rank School (first-place votes) Record Points Last week’s rank [/I]
1. Connecticut (30) 32-9 773 8
2. Butler 28-10 704 NR
[B]3. Kentucky 29-9 676 10 [/B]
4. Kansas 35-3 659 2
5. Ohio State (1) 34-3 630 1
6. Virginia Commonwealth 28-12 555 NR
7. Duke 32-5 554 3
8. North Carolina 29-8 532 7
9. Arizona 30-8 531 18
10. Florida 29-8 503 13
11. San Diego State 34-3 479 5 12. Pittsburgh 28-6 448 4 13. Brigham Young 32-5 376 12 14. Notre Dame 27-7 336 6 15. Wisconsin 25-9 311 16 16. Texas 28-8 290 9 17. Purdue 26-8 276 15 18. Syracuse 27-8 250 14 19. Florida State 23-11 197 NR 20. Marquette 22-15 159 NR 21. Richmond 29-8 152 NR 22. Louisville 25-10 147 11 23. Washington 24-11 108 23 24. Kansas State 23-11 73 24 25. Utah State 30-4 51 17

[I]Others receiving votes:[/I] Temple (26-8) 41; West Virginia (21-12) 34; St. John’s (21-12) 33; Texas A&M (24-9) 31; Xavier (24-8) 31; UCLA (23-11) 25; Cincinnati (26-9) 24; Vanderbilt (23-11) 24; Wichita State (29-8) 20; George Mason (27-7) 9; Michigan (21-14) 9; Old Dominion (27-7) 9; Gonzaga (25-10) 7; Georgetown (21-11) 5; Missouri (23-11) 2; Illinois (20-14) 1.

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