Men's basketball top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 29, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through

Monday, December 30th 2002, 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 Dec. 29, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pv

1. Alabama (35) 9-0 1,720 1

2. Pittsburgh (16) 9-0 1,688 2

3. Duke (14) 7-0 1,660 3

4. Arizona (5) 6-1 1,578 4

5. Connecticut 8-0 1,384 6

6. Notre Dame 10-1 1,361 8

7. Texas 7-2 1,237 9

8. Mississippi St. (1) 8-1 1,133 16

9. Oregon 9-1 1,131 11

10. Oklahoma 6-2 1,051 5

11. Illinois 8-1 1,029 7

12. Florida 10-2 1,006 12

13. Marquette 8-1 961 13

14. Michigan St. 8-2 839 15

15. Creighton 10-0 775 18

16. Missouri 6-1 708 17

17. Indiana 8-2 678 10

18. Kansas 7-3 646 19

19. Xavier 8-2 375 21

20. Kentucky 6-3 374 14

21. LSU 8-1 308 24

22. Maryland 6-3 267 23

23. Wake Forest 7-0 254 25

24. Louisville 7-1 243 _

25. Texas Tech 8-1 133 _

Others receiving votes: Tulsa 88, Butler 65, Syracuse 45, N.C. State 44, Stanford 36, Virginia 32, Saint Joseph's 31, Georgia 29, Memphis 25, North Carolina 25, Georgetown 24, Clemson 22, Oklahoma St. 19, Iowa St. 15, Cincinnati 15, Wyoming 6, Iowa 5, BYU 4, West Virginia 4, Manhattan 1, W. Michigan 1.