MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia finished 24th in this season’s final AP Top 25 basketball poll.
It was the earliest release date for the final poll of the season due to the cancelation of the NCAA tournament.
In a peculiar twist, the Mountaineers actually dropped a spot from the final regular-season poll. West Virginia and No. 23 Butler flipped places in the new poll despite the fact neither team played a game between the two polls.
It is the 19th time in school history that West Virginia has been ranked in the season’s final poll, including the fifth in the past six seasons. The Mountaineers have ended the season in the Top 25 seven times under Bob Huggins.
West Virginia concluded the season with a 21-10 record, highlighted by a season-ending win over No. 5 Baylor.
AP Top 25
1 Kansas (28-3) 1,623
2 Gonzaga (31-2) 1,547
3 Dayton (29-2) 1,505
4 Florida State (26-5) 1,381
5 Baylor (26-4) 1,337
6 San Diego State 1,279
7 Creighton 1,154
8 Kentucky (25-6) 1,118
9 Michigan State (22-9) 1,023
10 Villanova 1,011
11 Duke (25-6) 990
12 Maryland (24-7) 924
13 Oregon (24-7) 892
14 Louisville (24-7) 768
15 Seton Hall (21-9) 727
16 Virginia (23-7) 586
17 Wisconsin (21-10) 539
18 BYU (24-8) 537
19 Ohio State (21-10) 459
20 Auburn (25-6) 453
21 Illinois (21-10) 263
22 Houston (23-8) 179
23 Butler (22-9) 165
24 West Virginia (21-10) 159
25 Iowa (20-11) 109
Others receiving votes: Stephen F. Austin 78, East Tennessee State 66, Providence 63, Michigan 62, Utah State 36, Saint Mary’s 33, Penn State 21, Arizona 7, Rutgers 6, Richmond 6, USC 4, New Mexico State 4, Texas Tech 3, UCLA 2, Vermont 2, Purdue 1, Belmont 1, Liberty 1, Utah 1