CAPSULES AND RANKINGSNo. Team (Record): Comment1. Kansas...

CAPSULES AND RANKINGS

No. Team (Record): Comment

1. Kansas (22-1): Hey, great loss for the program.

2. Wake Forest (18-2): Had shot at No. 1.

3. Kentucky (20-3): Not too late to blow No. 1 tourney seeding.

4. Minnesota (20-2): Let’s see NCAA snub Gophers this year.

5. Duke (18-5): Might pay to see Langdon shoot jumpers.

6. New Mexico (17-3): Utah win looks great to tourney pooh-bahs.

7. Utah (15-3): Majerus’ tireless campaign for Don Haskins ends.

8. Louisville (18-3): Routed by Temple, move up three spots in CNN poll?

9. Maryland (18-4): Pollsters ignore two losses last week.

10. Clemson (18-4): Trying to forgive loss to N.C. State.

11. Cincinnati (15-4): How sweet, Huggins and Fortson make up.

12. Arizona (14-5): Way to not take advantage of UCLA road loss.

13. Stanford (13-4): Brevin Knight, time to kick this team in gear.

14. Iowa State (16-3): Power-rating geeks hate these guys.

15. Michigan (16-5): My early NCAA tourney (yawn) sleeper.

16. Colorado (16-5): Keep waiting for six-game losing streak.

17. South Carolina (16-5): 10-0 in SEC? Someone pinch me.

18. Villanova (17-5): Fans’ plea to Thomas: “One more year!”

19. Pacific (16-2): Positioning to jump off bandwagon.

20. Xavier (16-3): No seniors among top six players.

21. UCLA (12-6): Need to play Ducks on neutral pond.

22. Tulsa (17-5): UCLA now counts you as quality loss.

23. Tulane (16-5): Best team in ‘Nawlins since Packers.

24. North Carolina (13-6): Dean Smith: “Why’s Pacific ahead of us?”

25. Indiana (17-7): Bobby Knight: “Cripes, Dean, they’re winning.”