Men's-Top Twenty Five

<br>The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 22, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote

Monday, December 23rd 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. 22, 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) 8-0 1,718 2

2. Pittsburgh (14) 8-0 1,673 4

3. Duke (16) 6-0 1,657 3

4. Arizona (5) 5-1 1,551 1

5. Oklahoma 6-1 1,406 7

6. Connecticut 7-0 1,299 8

7. Illinois (1) 8-0 1,279 12

8. Notre Dame 10-1 1,250 9

9. Texas 7-2 1,135 10

10. Indiana 8-1 1,113 6

11. Oregon 8-1 1,029 5

12. Florida 8-2 917 13

13. Marquette 7-1 822 14

14. Kentucky 6-2 806 18

15. Michigan St. 7-2 761 15

16. Mississippi St. 7-1 756 16

17. Missouri 6-1 726 11

18. Creighton 9-0 614 20

19. Kansas 6-3 585 19

20. Tulsa 6-1 334 22

21. Xavier 6-2 314 21

22. North Carolina 7-2 296 23

23. Maryland 4-3 212 24

24. LSU 7-1 173 _

25. Wake Forest 6-0 87 _

Others receiving votes: Saint Joseph's 77, Georgetown 52, Butler 51, Stanford 47, N.C. State 46, Georgia 34, Cincinnati 27, Texas Tech 25, Virginia 24, Minnesota 22, Clemson 20, Gonzaga 19, Syracuse 19, Oklahoma St. 17, BYU 16, Louisville 15, Coll. of Charleston 12, Iowa St. 11, Wisconsin 11, West Virginia 9, Wyoming 5, Penn 2, N. Arizona 1.