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1948-49 Polls

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National Champion: Kentucky
Final Four: Illinois, Kentucky, Oklahoma State and Oregon State

Consensus Player of the Year: Tony Lavelli

AP First #1: Saint Louis ▪ AP Final #1: Kentucky

AP Polls

Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
1 1949-01-18 1 Saint Louis  NA — MVC
1 1949-01-18 2 Kentucky* RTFN NA — SEC
1 1949-01-18 3 Western Kentucky RT NA — OVC
1 1949-01-18 4 Minnesota  NA — Big Ten
1 1949-01-18 5 Oklahoma State* RF NA — MVC
1 1949-01-18 6 San Francisco  NA — Ind
1 1949-01-18 7 Illinois* RF NA — Big Ten
1 1949-01-18 8 Hamline  NA — Ind
1 1949-01-18 9 Villanova* R NA — Ind
1 1949-01-18 10 Utah  NA — MSAC
1 1949-01-18 11 Tulane  NA — SEC
1 1949-01-18 12 Loyola (IL)  NA — Ind
1 1949-01-18 13 Cincinnati R NA — MAC
1 1949-01-18 14 Holy Cross  NA — Ind
1 1949-01-18 15 Bowling Green State  NA — Ind
1 1949-01-18 16 Bradley  NA — MVC
1 1949-01-18 17 Stanford  NA — PCC
1 1949-01-18 18 Butler  NA — MAC
1 1949-01-18 18 Washington State  NA — PCC
1 1949-01-18 20 New York University  NA — Metro NY
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
2 1949-01-25 1 Saint Louis  1 NC MVC
2 1949-01-25 2 Kentucky* RTFN 2 NC SEC
2 1949-01-25 3 Oklahoma State* RF 5 Up 2 MVC
2 1949-01-25 4 Western Kentucky RT 3 Down 1 OVC
2 1949-01-25 5 Minnesota  4 Down 1 Big Ten
2 1949-01-25 6 Illinois* RF 7 Up 1 Big Ten
2 1949-01-25 7 Hamline  8 Up 1 Ind
2 1949-01-25 8 Villanova* R 9 Up 1 Ind
2 1949-01-25 9 San Francisco  6 Down 3 Ind
2 1949-01-25 10 Utah  10 NC MSAC
2 1949-01-25 11 Stanford  17 Up 6 PCC
2 1949-01-25 12 Tulane  11 Down 1 SEC
2 1949-01-25 13 Loyola (IL)  12 Down 1 Ind
2 1949-01-25 14 Washington State  18 Up 4 PCC
2 1949-01-25 15 North Carolina State RT Up  Southern
2 1949-01-25 16 DePaul  Up  Ind
2 1949-01-25 17 Butler  18 Up 1 MAC
2 1949-01-25 18 Baylor R Up  SWC
2 1949-01-25 18 Bradley  16 Down 2 MVC
2 1949-01-25 20 Holy Cross  14 Down 6 Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
3 1949-02-01 1 Kentucky* RTFN 2 Up 1 SEC
3 1949-02-01 2 Saint Louis  1 Down 1 MVC
3 1949-02-01 3 Oklahoma State* RF 3 NC MVC
3 1949-02-01 4 Illinois* RF 6 Up 2 Big Ten
3 1949-02-01 5 Minnesota  5 NC Big Ten
3 1949-02-01 6 Western Kentucky RT 4 Down 2 OVC
3 1949-02-01 7 Villanova* R 8 Up 1 Ind
3 1949-02-01 8 Hamline  7 Down 1 Ind
3 1949-02-01 9 Stanford  11 Up 2 PCC
3 1949-02-01 10 San Francisco  9 Down 1 Ind
3 1949-02-01 11 Tulane  12 Up 1 SEC
3 1949-02-01 12 Utah  10 Down 2 MSAC
3 1949-02-01 13 Loyola (IL)  13 NC Ind
3 1949-02-01 14 Bowling Green State  Up  Ind
3 1949-02-01 15 Butler  17 Up 2 MAC
3 1949-02-01 15 New York University  Up  Metro NY
3 1949-02-01 17 North Carolina State RT 15 Down 2 Southern
3 1949-02-01 18 Bradley  18 NC MVC
3 1949-02-01 19 Holy Cross  20 Up 1 Ind
3 1949-02-01 20 Eastern Kentucky  Up  OVC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
4 1949-02-08 1 Kentucky* RTFN 1 NC SEC
4 1949-02-08 2 Saint Louis  2 NC MVC
4 1949-02-08 3 Oklahoma State* RF 3 NC MVC
4 1949-02-08 4 Illinois* RF 4 NC Big Ten
4 1949-02-08 5 Hamline  8 Up 3 Ind
4 1949-02-08 6 Western Kentucky RT 6 NC OVC
4 1949-02-08 7 Minnesota  5 Down 2 Big Ten
4 1949-02-08 8 Tulane  11 Up 3 SEC
4 1949-02-08 9 San Francisco  10 Up 1 Ind
4 1949-02-08 10 Stanford  9 Down 1 PCC
4 1949-02-08 11 Loyola (IL)  13 Up 2 Ind
4 1949-02-08 12 Utah  12 NC MSAC
4 1949-02-08 13 Villanova* R 7 Down 6 Ind
4 1949-02-08 14 Bowling Green State  14 NC Ind
4 1949-02-08 15 Holy Cross  19 Up 4 Ind
4 1949-02-08 16 Butler  15 Down 1 MAC
4 1949-02-08 17 Washington State  Up  PCC
4 1949-02-08 18 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
4 1949-02-08 19 Wyoming* R Up  MSAC
4 1949-02-08 20 Duquesne  Up  Ind
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
5 1949-02-15 1 Kentucky* RTFN 1 NC SEC
5 1949-02-15 2 Saint Louis  2 NC MVC
5 1949-02-15 3 Oklahoma State* RF 3 NC MVC
5 1949-02-15 4 Illinois* RF 4 NC Big Ten
5 1949-02-15 5 Tulane  8 Up 3 SEC
5 1949-02-15 6 Minnesota  7 Up 1 Big Ten
5 1949-02-15 7 Western Kentucky RT 6 Down 1 OVC
5 1949-02-15 8 San Francisco  9 Up 1 Ind
5 1949-02-15 9 Hamline  5 Down 4 Ind
5 1949-02-15 10 Bowling Green State  14 Up 4 Ind
5 1949-02-15 11 Butler  16 Up 5 MAC
5 1949-02-15 12 Bradley  Up  MVC
5 1949-02-15 13 Loyola (IL)  11 Down 2 Ind
5 1949-02-15 14 Utah  12 Down 2 MSAC
5 1949-02-15 15 Villanova* R 13 Down 2 Ind
5 1949-02-15 16 Oklahoma R Up  Big 7
5 1949-02-15 17 DePaul  Up  Ind
5 1949-02-15 17 North Carolina State RT Up  Southern
5 1949-02-15 17 Wyoming* R 19 Up 2 MSAC
5 1949-02-15 20 Duquesne  20 NC Ind
5 1949-02-15 20 Stanford  10 Down 10 PCC
5 1949-02-15 20 Yale* R Up  Ivy
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
6 1949-02-22 1 Kentucky* RTFN 1 NC SEC
6 1949-02-22 2 Saint Louis  2 NC MVC
6 1949-02-22 3 Oklahoma State* RF 3 NC MVC
6 1949-02-22 4 Illinois* RF 4 NC Big Ten
6 1949-02-22 5 Minnesota  6 Up 1 Big Ten
6 1949-02-22 6 Tulane  5 Down 1 SEC
6 1949-02-22 7 Western Kentucky RT 7 NC OVC
6 1949-02-22 8 San Francisco  8 NC Ind
6 1949-02-22 9 Bowling Green State  10 Up 1 Ind
6 1949-02-22 10 Bradley  12 Up 2 MVC
6 1949-02-22 11 Butler  11 NC MAC
6 1949-02-22 12 Loyola (IL)  13 Up 1 Ind
6 1949-02-22 13 Yale* R 20 Up 7 Ivy
6 1949-02-22 14 Wyoming* R 17 Up 3 MSAC
6 1949-02-22 15 Hamline  9 Down 6 Ind
6 1949-02-22 16 Utah  14 Down 2 MSAC
6 1949-02-22 17 Duquesne  20 Up 3 Ind
6 1949-02-22 18 Ohio State  Up  Big Ten
6 1949-02-22 19 Southern California  Up  PCC
6 1949-02-22 20 Texas  Up  SWC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
7 1949-03-01 1 Kentucky* RTFN 1 NC SEC
7 1949-03-01 2 Oklahoma State* RF 3 Up 1 MVC
7 1949-03-01 3 Saint Louis  2 Down 1 MVC
7 1949-03-01 4 Illinois* RF 4 NC Big Ten
7 1949-03-01 5 Minnesota  5 NC Big Ten
7 1949-03-01 6 Western Kentucky RT 7 Up 1 OVC
7 1949-03-01 7 Tulane  6 Down 1 SEC
7 1949-03-01 8 San Francisco  8 NC Ind
7 1949-03-01 9 Bowling Green State  9 NC Ind
7 1949-03-01 10 Bradley  10 NC MVC
7 1949-03-01 11 Butler  11 NC MAC
7 1949-03-01 12 Wyoming* R 14 Up 2 MSAC
7 1949-03-01 13 Utah  16 Up 3 MSAC
7 1949-03-01 14 Loyola (IL)  12 Down 2 Ind
7 1949-03-01 15 North Carolina State RT Up  Southern
7 1949-03-01 16 Hamline  15 Down 1 Ind
7 1949-03-01 17 Villanova* R Up  Ind
7 1949-03-01 18 Yale* R 13 Down 5 Ivy
7 1949-03-01 19 Ohio State  18 Down 1 Big Ten
7 1949-03-01 20 Arkansas* R Up  SWC
Wk Date Rk School Prev Chng Conf
8 Final 1 Kentucky* RTFN 1 NC SEC
8 Final 2 Oklahoma State* RF 2 NC MVC
8 Final 3 Saint Louis  3 NC MVC
8 Final 4 Illinois* RF 4 NC Big Ten
8 Final 5 Western Kentucky RT 6 Up 1 OVC
8 Final 6 Minnesota  5 Down 1 Big Ten
8 Final 7 Bradley  10 Up 3 MVC
8 Final 8 San Francisco  8 NC Ind
8 Final 9 Tulane  7 Down 2 SEC
8 Final 10 Bowling Green State  9 Down 1 Ind
8 Final 11 Yale* R 18 Up 7 Ivy
8 Final 12 Utah  13 Up 1 MSAC
8 Final 13 North Carolina State RT 15 Up 2 Southern
8 Final 14 Villanova* R 17 Up 3 Ind
8 Final 15 UCLA  Up  PCC
8 Final 16 Loyola (IL)  14 Down 2 Ind
8 Final 17 Wyoming* R 12 Down 5 MSAC
8 Final 18 Butler  11 Down 7 MAC
8 Final 19 Hamline  16 Down 3 Ind
8 Final 20 Ohio State  19 Down 1 Big Ten