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. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through

Tuesday, December 10th 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. 8, 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. Arizona (70) 4-0 1,774 1

2. Alabama 6-0 1,637 3

3. Duke 5-0 1,594 4

4. Pittsburgh (1) 5-0 1,588 5

5. Oregon 5-0 1,432 7

6. Oklahoma 4-1 1,358 6

7. Indiana 6-0 1,356 10

8. Texas 5-1 1,278 2

9. Connecticut 5-0 1,144 11

10. Notre Dame 8-1 943 _

11. Missouri 4-0 906 15

12. Kentucky 4-1 840 18

13. Xavier 4-1 811 16

14. Florida 6-2 750 8

15. Illinois 5-0 692 25

16. Marquette 5-1 669 13

17. Tulsa 4-0 602 19

18. Maryland 4-2 601 9

19. Stanford 4-1 561 17

20. Kansas 3-3 407 14

21. Michigan St. 4-2 361 21

22. North Carolina 5-2 349 12

23. Creighton 6-0 277 _

24. Mississippi St. 5-1 235 24

25. Coll. of Charleston 6-0 152 _

Others receiving votes: Minnesota 136, Virginia 97, Texas Tech 89, Wisconsin 89, Gonzaga 86, N.C. State 36, Georgetown 31, Wake Forest 29, Georgia Tech 25, Iowa St. 19, Villanova 19, Saint Joseph's 16, S. Illinois 15, Memphis 13, West Virginia 13, Cincinnati 10, LSU 6, Butler 5, Dayton 5, Georgia 5, Penn 3, UCLA 3, California 2, Oklahoma St. 2, Hawaii 1, Holy Cross 1, Oral Roberts 1, Purdue 1.