Well, the goodwill that Marquette men’s basketball earned by beating Illinois without their best player has finally evaporated.
On Monday, the Associated Press released their new top 25 poll for men’s college hoops, and, yeah, the Golden Eagles dropped out of the ranks of the teams receiving votes from last week. I don’t think that’s 100% surprising, given that I thought MU probably shouldn’t have been getting votes for beating the Illini without Kofi Cockburn, but also don’t think “lost to #23 in #23’s building” is a reason to knock you off the top 25.