Top 25 College Basketball

Team (Record): Comment

1. Duke (28-1): Final ACC hurdle at North Carolina Saturday.

2. Michigan State (25-4): Don’t pick them for Final Four yet.

3. Connecticut (24-2): Hamilton reviving Huskies’ chances.

4. Auburn (25-2): Big comedown at Arkansas.

5. Maryland (24-4): Making it OK without Ekezie.

6. Miami (20-5): 0-18 in Big East only five years ago.

7. Arizona (20-4): Terry and the Wright stuff too.

8. Stanford (22-5): Guess here is Arizona wins Saturday.

9. St. John’s (23-6): Georgetown made it tough.

10. Cincinnati (23-4): Recovery program going well.

11. Ohio State (22-6): Only 8-22 last season.

12. UCLA (19-7): Made Syracuse look like Least of the East.

13. Utah (22-4): That’s 17 in a row.

14. North Carolina (22-7): Aims to spoil Duke’s perfection.

15. Kentucky (22-7): Auburn wants rematch in SEC tourney.

16. Wisconsin (21-7): NCAA appearance will be Badgers’ fifth.

17. Indiana (21-9): Guyton standing out.

18. Florida (19-6): Three-point thrillers.

19. Iowa (18-7): Davis deserves a good NCAA send-off.

20. College of Charleston (25-2): Precision and athleticism.

21. Texas (18-10): Muoneke’s a real hit.

22. Purdue (19-9): This team was once 12-1.

23. Washington (16-9): Stanford neutralized MacCulloch.

24. Syracuse (19-9): Only 3-3 since beating Connecticut.

25. Arkansas (20-8): Showed Auburn other side of blowout.

GAME OF THE WEEK

ARIZONA (20-4, 11-3): at STANFORD (22-5, 12-2):

When--Saturday. Time--7:30 p.m. TV--FX.

* Story line--This is the key game as Arizona tries to wrest away the Pacific 10 Conference title that everyone assumed would be Stanford’s. The Cardinal can clinch at least a tie by beating Arizona State and Arizona at home this week. Arizona has had Stanford’s number, though, and the Cardinal try might a three-guard lineup with Mike McDonald at times to counter. Even if Arizona wins, the Wildcats still have to face USC and UCLA next week.