TOP 25

Team (Record): Comment

1. North Carolina (12-0): Arena nickname changing to Bill Dome.

2. Duke (10-1): Michigan had a message for freshmen.

3. Kansas (14-1): Looking a little shaky but talent is there.

4. Kentucky (10-1): Bluegrass State battle with Louisville Saturday.

5. Utah (10-0): Schedule’s soft, but team is sharp.

6. Purdue (10-2): Brad Miller is center of finesse.

7. Stanford (8-0): Mike Madsen rarely misses.

8. Florida State (8-2): Only losses to Kansas, North Carolina.

9. Arizona (7-3): Lost to Duke, Kansas, Florida State.

10. UCLA (7-1): With McCoy back, how about a Carolina rematch?

11. Connecticut (10-1): Loss was to Florida State.

12. South Carolina (7-1): Hasn’t convinced us yet.

13. New Mexico (7-1): Ditto after UCLA game.

14. Xavier, Ohio (6-2): Is Atlantic 10 better than Big East?

15. Iowa (10-1): Still wants Northern Iowa game back.

16. Mississippi (8-1): Ansu Sesay is an explosive scorer.

17. Princeton (8-1): Nice showing against ACC (1-1).

18. Syracuse (10-0): Carrying Big East with UConn.

19. Arkansas (8-1): American Puerto Rico was 40 minutes of hell.

20. Maryland (6-3): This team is hard to figure.

21. Temple (6-3): Just as inconsistent as Maryland.

22. Clemson (8-3): Won’t get any easier in ACC.

23. Rhode Island (6-1): Harrick: Things are fine at the Island.

24. Texas Christian (10-1): Billy Tubbs wearing out the scoreboard again.

25. West Virginia (10-1): Catlett wants to go out in top 64.