TOP 25

No. School (Record): Comment

1. Duke (26-2): Brand-new addition for NCAAs.

2. Arizona (24-3): Defending champs haven’t lost in 1998.

3. North Carolina (27-2): N.C. State says Duke not only rival.

4. Kansas (30-3): There’s no place like Allen Fieldhouse.

5. Connecticut (25-4): Showdown with St. John’s Saturday.

6. Kentucky (25-4): Pshew. No more home games.

7. Stanford (23-3): Tries again vs. Sun Devils tonight.

8. Utah (23-2): Payback time against New Mexico Saturday.

9. Princeton (23-1): RPI isn’t Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

10. Michigan State (20-5): Top-seeded for 1st Big Ten tourney.

11. Purdue (23-6): Jaraan Cornell injury hurting.

12. Mississippi (20-5): Beat Arkansas by 16.

13. TCU (24-4): Totally Clobbers U.

14. South Carolina (21-5): Georgia wishes McKie sat out 2nd half.

15. Arkansas (22-6): Nick Davis a big-time rebounder.

16. UCLA (20-6): Replacing Duke on schedule with Duquesne.

17. Michigan (20-8): Beat Indiana by 48.

18. New Mexico (21-4): Olney needs new knee.

19. Illinois (21-8): Bystanders beat Knight’s one-man show.

20. St. John’s (21-7): Big East tourney is at MSG.

21. West Virginia (22-6): Owens nursing sore back.

22. Cincinnati (21-5): Team Suspension rolls on.

23. Maryland (17-9): Terrapins’ RPI is No. 7.

24. Oklahoma State (21-4): Meets Kansas on Sunday.

25. Massachusetts (20-8): Bad loss to St. Bonaventure.

Game of the Week

NORTH CAROLINA at DUKE

* When--Saturday. * Time--11 a.m. PST. * TV--None.

* Story line--Cameron Indoor Stadium hasn’t been as inhospitable to the Tar Heels as you might think. Their all-time record in Cameron is 29-31, and they are 5-5 there over the past 10 years. In the only meeting so far this season, No. 2 North Carolina beat No. 1 Duke, 97-73, in Chapel Hill. To win this time, Duke must make it harder for Antawn Jamison to get the ball: He had 20 field-goal attempts and 35 points last time.