THE TIMES’ RANKINGS
ROBYN NORWOOD’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS
1 DUKE (5-0) Scary part is that Blue Devils are not playing as well as they can.
2 ARIZONA (3-0) Kansas and Illinois ahead for young Wildcats.
3 MISSOURI (5-0) Clarence Gilbert stealing the show.
4 MARYLAND (4-1) Take that, Illini.
5 FLORIDA (2-1) Record should be fine by SEC season time.
6 SYRACUSE (6-0) Nice run to Preseason NIT title.
7 STANFORD (3-0) Like Arizona, Casey (Jacobsen) and Co. look fine.
8 ILLINOIS (5-1) Loss to Maryland wasn’t close, surprisingly.
9 IOWA (4-2) Got introduction to Blue Devils Tuesday.
10 BALL STATE (2-1) Ball Nation, if it had beaten Duke.
11 KANSAS (2-1) Bouncing back from Ball State loss.
12 UCLA (2-1) Pepperdine shouldn’t cause local trouble.
13 WAKE FOREST (5-1) Dave Odom left plenty for Skip Prosser.
14 KENTUCKY (2-1) Kyle Macy’s Morehead State team was no problem.
15 OKLAHOMA STATE (6-0) Maurice Baker shooting 58%.
16 WESTERN KENTUCKY (4-1) Slipped up in double overtime at Creighton.
17 VIRGINIA (3-0) Michigan State game today will be an indication.
18 FRESNO STATE (3-1) Watch out: Tark has beaten USC and Michigan State.
19 ALABAMA (4-1) Gave Memphis freshman Dajuan Wagner another taste of losing.
20 MICHIGAN STATE (2-2) Youth is showing at the moment.
21 MEMPHIS (4-2) Wagner has his pop, Milt, along for company.
22 MARQUETTE (5-0) Nice week: Beat Tennessee, Indiana, Gonzaga.
23 ST. JOSEPH’S (2-1) Coach Martelli probably needs a martini when he thinks of Eastern Washington.
24 GEORGIA (4-0) Jim Harrick meets Georgia State’s Lefty Driesell next week.
25 GEORGETOWN (4-1) Half-strength at the moment.