Texas was almost voted the number one team in the country, but it wasn't something they were courting.

“We don’t want No. 1,” said Jordan Hamilton after Saturday’s 69-60 win against Baylor.

“I don’t want to be No. 1,” echoed freshman Tristan Thompson.

“We haven’t talked about any of that stuff,” Rick Barnes said about lobbying for votes. “We haven’t talked about anything but trying to get better.”