Top 25 : CAPSULES AND RANKINGS

Team (Record) / Comment:

1. Kansas (28-1): Checking out Final Four restaurant guide.

2. Kentucky (27-3): Will Pitino announce he’s going pro too?

3. Minnesota (24-2): NCAA tourney advice: Gopher it.

4. Wake Forest (22-4): Cremins wishes they retired Duncan’s hook.

5. Duke (22-6): Coach K and the Seven Dwarfs.

6. Utah (21-3): Fashion note: Keith, please switch barbers.

7. South Carolina (21-6): Only San Quentin has better guards.

8. UCLA (17-7): NCAA considers shipping Bruins to Gobi Regional.

9. North Carolina (19-6): Kentucky on Rupp Record Red Alert.

10. Cincinnati (23-5): What’s the point without a point guard?

11. New Mexico (21-5): Lobos finished 18-0 at home.

12. Clemson (20-7): Terrell McIntyre better guard than Reba.

13. Arizona (17-7): Dreading tourney matchup vs. St. Joe’s.

14. Iowa State (18-6): Need Cato as much as Green Hornet.

15. Maryland (20-7): Terps to doubters: “Let them eat crabcakes.”

16. Xavier (20-4): Xers, your RPI ranking is sagging.

17. Louisville (21-6): DeJuan Wheat must come from good stock.

18. St. Joseph’s (20-6): Ranked for first time in 24 years.

19. Col. of Charleston (25-2): For sale: one NCAA ball and chain.

20. California (19-7): It’ll be dark days without Gray.

21. Colorado (20-7): “Mr. Billups, R. Mercer on Line 2.”

22. Villanova (20-7): Thomas: “How’d Mercer go out before me?”

23. Indiana (21-8): Nice to see Knight getting ejected again.

24. Illinois (19-8): Lon Kruger, man of a thousand laces.

25. Rhode Island (16-8): No. 16 in latest Sagarin Ratings.