Where NCAA men's basketball champions ranked in the Associated Press preseason poll (Arizona, Kansas, and Oklahoma were ranked Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in this season's preseason poll):
2002 ... Maryland No. 2 in preseason
2001 ... Duke No. 2
2000 ... Michigan St. No. 3
1999 ... Connecticut No. 2
1998 ...Kentucky No. 8
1997 ... Arizona No. 19
1996 ... Kentucky No. 1
1995 ... UCLA No. 6
Source: World Features Syndicate