COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25
1. Cincinnati (20-1) Griffey Jr. might be good fit for Bearcats.
2. Stanford (17-1) Cardinal hopes to take UCLA and USC to school.
3. Syracuse (18-0) We strongly advise school to lose a game, like now!
4. Duke (16-2) Dominating ACC the way Florida State does in football.
5. Florida (16-4) Someday, Gators may realize how good they are.
6. Connecticut (16-4) We’ve always said El-Amin is one El of a player.
7. Ohio State (15-3) Finally starting to resemble last season’s team.
8. Kentucky (16-5) Nothing like squashing Tennessee to lift a state’s spirits.
9. Michigan State (16-5) Team downs Michigan as Wolverine booster Ed Martin watches in exile.
10. Arizona (17-4) OK, who scheduled that trip to Lose-iana?
11. Indiana (16-3) Next book on Knight to be called “The Scarlet Sweater.”
12. Tennessee (18-3) Aw shucks, there’s no shame losing to Kentucky.
13. Oklahoma (17-3) . . .Where the wins come sweeping down the plain.
14. Auburn (18-3) Team is nails after coach orders shaves and haircuts.
15. Oklahoma State (17-2) Say what you want about Eddie Sutton . . .
16. Iowa State (19-3) About time we made a Big (12) deal of this bunch.
17. Kansas (16-4) Still in poll thanks to reputation and a PBS grant.
18. Utah (17-3) During timeouts, Mottola regales team with stories of Finland.
19. Temple (15-4) Defense and Karcher made UMass look like UMess.
20. Tulsa (20-2) Oh, the shark (Tark) bites, with his teeth, yeah.
21. Oregon (15-3) Wow. Storming the court after one-point win over USC?
22. USC (13-6) Trojan horse denied permission to run roughshod around Sports Arena.
23. Maryland (15-6) Just call them Gary (Williams) and the Pacemakers.
24. Louisiana State (16-4) Headline writers hail emergence of Stromile Swift.
25. Long Beach State (14-3) Some think team’s success is a Pyramid scheme.
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