Top 25 basketball poll

<br>The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 1, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote

Tuesday, December 3rd 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. 1, 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 (71) 2-0 1,799 1

2. Texas 4-0 1,650 3

3. Alabama 4-0 1,620 4

4. Duke 3-0 1,550 6

5. Pittsburgh (1) 3-0 1,543 5

6. Oklahoma 3-1 1,321 8

7. Oregon 3-0 1,227 10

8. Florida 4-1 1,147 7

9. Maryland 3-0 1,113 11

10. Indiana 4-0 1,044 19

11. Connecticut 3-0 1,001 12

12. North Carolina 5-0 997 _

13. Marquette 4-0 958 13

14. Kansas 2-2 949 2

15. Missouri 2-0 677 18

16. Xavier 2-1 630 16

17. Stanford 4-1 477 _

18. Kentucky 2-1 471 15

19. Tulsa 3-0 468 22

20. Minnesota 2-0 433 24

21. Michigan St. 2-2 345 9

22. Virginia 3-1 312 _

23. Wisconsin 4-0 268 25

24. Mississippi St. 2-1 206 23

25. Illinois 3-0 170 _

Others receiving votes: Creighton 125, Coll. of Charleston 116, UCLA 95, Gonzaga 92, Georgia Tech 88, Cincinnati 76, Georgia 65, Texas Tech 55, N.C. State 48, Villanova 46, Dayton 35, Oklahoma St. 35, W. Kentucky 33, Notre Dame 28, Wyoming 15, Georgetown 13, Purdue 12, California 9, UNLV 9, Penn 7, Southern Cal 7, Louisville 3, Memphis 3, BYU 2, Hawaii 2, Syracuse 2, Wake Forest 2, Ohio 1.