The men's and women's basketball teams finished off historic seasons ranked in the top 10 in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches' polls.
The men, fresh off a 35-3 season that resulted in an Elite Eight appearance, checked in at No. 5 in the final rankings. It's the men's highest finish in the poll since the 2002-03 season when UK finished No. 4.
Meanwhile, the women, after a record-setting 28-8 year that also ended in the Elite Eight, finished in a tie at No. 9, the highest finish to a season in school history.
The two teams combined to average a final ranking of No. 7 in the final ESPN/USA Today polls. Only Duke, which ranked No. 1 in the men and No. 5 in the women, had a higher average (averaged No. 3 ranking).
The Associated Press does not release a final poll after the NCAA Tournament.
Men
1 Duke (31) 33-5 775
2 Butler 32-4 739
3 West Virginia 31-6 696
4 Michigan State 28-8 654
5 Kentucky 35-3 650
6 Kansas 33-3 604
7 Kansas State 29-8 573
8 Syracuse 30-5 554
9 Tennessee 28-9 494
10 Baylor 28-8 487
11 Ohio State 29-8 483
12 Purdue 29-6 448
13 Northern Iowa 30-5 344
14 Xavier 26-9 271
15 Villanova 25-8 267
16 New Mexico 30-5 229
17 Cornell 29-5 225
18 Maryland 24-9 201
19 Saint Mary's 28-6 198
20 Pittsburgh 25-9 182
21 Washington 26-10 163
22 Brigham Young 30-6 161
23 Gonzaga 27-7 141
24 Wisconsin 24-9 140
25 Texas A&M 24-10 136
Women
1. Connecticut (31) 39-0 775
2. Stanford 36-2 744
3. Oklahoma 27-11 678
4. Baylor 27-10 676
5. Xavier 30-4 652
6. Duke 30-6 591
7. Nebraska 32-2 550
8. Tennessee 32-3 538
9. Kentucky 28-8 537
9. Florida State 29-6 537
11. Notre Dame 29-6 500
12. Gonzaga 29-5 397
13. Iowa State 25-8 357
14. Texas A&M 26-8 336
15. Ohio State 31-5 306
16. West Virginia 29-6 287
17. Georgetown 26-7 218
18. St. John's 25-7 215
19. Georgia 25-9 202
20. San Diego State 23-11 174
21. Mississippi State 21-13 170
22. Oklahoma State 24-11 121
23. UCLA 25-9 106
24. Vanderbilt 23-11 74
25. LSU 21-10 53
25. Texas 22-11 53










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