A 2-0 week for Shaka Smart’s #20 ranked Marquette men’s basketball team last week included a win over then-#22 Providence, and the Associated Press voters elected to reward them for that accomplishment.
With wins in seven of the last eight games and 11 of the last 13, Marquette has moved up four spots in the new AP poll that was released on Monday. The Golden Eagles are now ranked #16 in the country after earning precisely 600 points in the voting. That tucks them at just about the midway point between #15 Auburn with 699 points and #17 Baylor with 497.