AP men's basketball poll

<br>The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote

Tuesday, January 6th 2004, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 4, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Connecticut (50) 11-1 1,752 1

2. Duke (5) 10-1 1,673 2

3. Arizona (5) 9-1 1,533 4

4. Stanford (5) 11-0 1,528 5

5. Wake Forest (5) 9-0 1,477 6

6. Oklahoma (2) 10-0 1,408 7

7. Kentucky 9-1 1,390 8

8. Georgia Tech 12-1 1,282 3

9. Saint Joseph's 11-0 1,252 10

10. Louisville 9-1 1,126 11

11. Cincinnati 9-0 1,023 12

12. North Carolina 8-2 964 9

13. Kansas 8-2 903 13

14. Florida 9-2 854 14

15. Pittsburgh 14-0 843 15

16. Gonzaga 10-2 760 16

17. Syracuse 9-1 745 17

18. Texas 7-2 576 19

19. Illinois 9-2 489 20

20. Vanderbilt 11-0 424 22

21. Wisconsin 9-2 305 18

22. Mississippi St. 11-0 267 24

23. Marquette 9-2 202 25

24. Purdue 10-3 131 21

25. Providence 8-1 130 _

Others receiving votes: Creighton 86, Texas Tech 83, Oklahoma St. 40, Memphis 29, Maryland 25, Florida St. 22, BYU 13, Seton Hall 13, Michigan 7, Missouri 6, W. Michigan 6, South Carolina 5, Utah St. 5, Boston College 4, Colorado St. 3, Dayton 3, LSU 3, Georgetown 2, Mississippi 2, Rhode Island 2, Boise St. 1, Boston U. 1, Georgia 1, Nebraska 1.