Kansas University’s men’s basketball team lost two lottery picks from last year’s national-title runner-up, but just barely missed out on the top five in the Associated Press’ preseason poll.
The Jayhawks, who finished 30-8 last year and lost to Syracuse in the national championship game, were ranked sixth, receiving one first-place vote and 1,396 votes overall. They were one spot and 40 points behind the Missouri Tigers.
Other ranked Big 12 Conference teams include No. 12 Texas, No. 14 Oklahoma and No. 25 Oklahoma State. Colorado also received votes.
The rest of the top 10 were as follows: Connecticut, Duke, Michigan State, Arizona, Syracuse, Florida, North Carolina and Gonzaga. The Jayhawks place the Michigan State Spartans on Nov. 25 in Allen Fieldhouse.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s preseason college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2002-03 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season’s final regular-season ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Connecticut (67) | 23-10 | 1,793 | 23 |
| 2. Duke (3) | 26-7 | 1,667 | 7 |
| 3. Michigan St. (1) | 22-13 | 1,607 | — |
| 4. Arizona | 28-4 | 1,476 | 2 |
| 5. Missouri | 22-11 | 1,436 | 24 |
| 6. Kansas (1) | 30-8 | 1,396 | 6 |
| 7. Syracuse | 30-5 | 1,311 | 13 |
| 8. Florida | 25-8 | 1,219 | 10 |
| 9. North Carolina | 19-16 | 1,139 | — |
| 10. Gonzaga | 24-9 | 1,125 | — |
| 11. Kentucky | 32-4 | 1,092 | 1 |
| 12. Texas | 26-7 | 1,083 | 5 |
| 13. Illinois | 25-7 | 941 | 11 |
| 14. Oklahoma | 27-7 | 822 | 3 |
| 15. Wisconsin | 24-8 | 715 | 21 |
| 16. Louisville | 25-7 | 623 | 14 |
| 17. Saint Joseph’s | 23-7 | 579 | — |
| 18. Cincinnati | 17-12 | 578 | — |
| 19. Stanford | 24-9 | 555 | 18 |
| 20. Wake Forest | 25-6 | 458 | 8 |
| 21. Notre Dame | 24-10 | 429 | 22 |
| 22. Pittsburgh | 28-5 | 382 | 4 |
| 23. Marquette | 27-6 | 155 | 9 |
| 24. N.C. State | 18-13 | 120 | — |
| 25. Oklahoma St. | 22-10 | 93 | — |
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Others receiving votes: Maryland 77, California 71, Oregon 70, Xavier 68, Ohio St. 46, Utah 39, LSU 33, Auburn 32, BYU 25, Colorado 16, Arizona St. 13, Providence 13, Purdue 13, Memphis 12, UCLA 12, Mississippi St. 9, Southern Cal 8, Michigan 7, Temple 7, Butler 6, Indiana 6, Manhattan 5, Georgia 3, Ill.-Chicago 3, N. Illinois 3, Nevada 3, Wichita St. 3, Dayton 1, Seton Hall 1, Vermont 1.
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Victories over Baylor and Iowa State, along with losses by four top-10 teams, have vaulted the Jayhawks to No. 6 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Kansas (19-5 overall) moved up three spots after Florida, Duke, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh lost last week.
Texas (17-4) moved up three spots to No. 3 and is the top-ranked Big 12 team. Other ranked Big 12 teams include No. 5 Oklahoma (17-4) and No. 16 Oklahoma State (19-4). Missouri also received votes.
Arizona (20-2) is still the No. 1 team in the nation, receiving 59 of 72 first-place votes. The rest of the top 10 includes Kentucky, Louisville, Florida, Duke, Pittsburgh and Wake Forest.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Arizona (59) | 20-2 | 1,786 | 1 |
| 2. Kentucky (13) | 20-3 | 1,738 | 3 |
| 3. Texas | 17-4 | 1,607 | 6 |
| 4. Louisville | 19-2 | 1,589 | 2 |
| 5. Oklahoma | 17-4 | 1,464 | 5 |
| 6. Kansas | 19-5 | 1,437 | 9 |
| 7. Florida | 20-4 | 1,390 | 4 |
| 8. Duke | 17-4 | 1,208 | 8 |
| 9. Pittsburgh | 17-4 | 1,125 | 7 |
| 10. Wake Forest | 17-3 | 1,109 | 15 |
| 11. Marquette | 18-4 | 1,008 | 11 |
| 12. Notre Dame | 19-5 | 990 | 10 |
| 13. Maryland | 15-6 | 847 | 16 |
| 14. Xavier | 18-4 | 844 | 18 |
| 15. Syracuse | 17-4 | 719 | 17 |
| 16. Oklahoma St. | 19-4 | 611 | 13 |
| 17. Creighton | 22-3 | 597 | 12 |
| 18. California | 18-4 | 563 | 22 |
| 19. Mississippi St. | 16-5 | 558 | 19 |
| 20. Illinois | 16-5 | 523 | 14 |
| 21. Stanford | 19-6 | 337 | 24 |
| 22. Georgia | 14-7 | 209 | 20 |
| 23. Utah | 19-4 | 180 | — |
| 24. Purdue | 16-6 | 176 | — |
| 25. Dayton | 18-4 | 174 | — |
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Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 149, Missouri 129, Tennessee 88, Connecticut 71, Oregon 39, Saint Joseph’s 38, Fresno St. 16, Gonzaga 16, Butler 15, Arizona St. 12, Auburn 7, Memphis 6, Kent St. 5, Alabama 3, BYU 3, S. Illinois 3, Wis.-Milwaukee 3, Manhattan 2, Villanova 2, Weber St. 2, Holy Cross 1, Indiana 1.
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New York ? Kansas University’s men’s basketball team is ranked sixth in the country in the USA TODAY/ESPN preseason poll. The Jayhawks, who return five starters from last year’s 24-10 team, tallied 587 points.
Arizona received 19 first-place votes and was ranked first with 756 points.
Duke received 12 first-place votes and is ranked second, followed by Stanford, North Carolina and Michigan State. Maryland is ranked seventh, Tennessee eighth, Illinois ninth and Seton Hall 10th. Oklahoma is ranked 21st and Iowa State 23rd.
| The Preseason Top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 1999-00 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season’s final ranking: | |||
| Record | Pts | Pvs | |
| 1. Arizona (19) | 27-7 | 756 | 8 |
| 2. Duke (12) | 29-5 | 753 | 4 |
| 3. Stanford | 27-4 | 631 | 5 |
| 4. North Carolina | 22-14 | 615 | 11 |
| 5. Michigan State | 32-7 | 606 | 1 |
| 6. Kansas | 24-10 | 587 | — |
| 7. Maryland | 25-10 | 567 | 25 |
| 8. Tennessee | 26-7 | 545 | 14 |
| 9. Illinois | 22-10 | 527 | — |
| 10. Seton Hall | 22-10 | 486 | — |
| 11. Florida | 29-8 | 443 | 2 |
| 12. Kentucky | 23-10 | 391 | 22 |
| 13. Connecticut | 25-10 | 314 | — |
| 14. Cincinnati | 29-4 | 285 | 7 |
| 15. Arkansas | 19-15 | 265 | — |
| 16. Utah | 23-9 | 252 | — |
| 17. Notre Dame | 22-15 | 242 | — |
| 18. Wake Forest | 22-14 | 223 | — |
| 19. UCLA | 21-12 | 215 | 23 |
| 20. DePaul | 21-12 | 172 | — |
| 21. Oklahoma | 27-7 | 136 | 19 |
| 22. Wisconsin | 22-14 | 124 | 16 |
| 23. Iowa State | 32-5 | 107 | 3 |
| 24. Southern Cal | 16-14 | 87 | — |
| 25. Virginia | 19-12 | 81 | — |
| Others receiving votes: Missouri 64, Georgetown 48, North Carolina State 48, Alabama 47, Temple 41, Indiana 39, Iowa 33, Syracuse 33, St. John’s 28, Xavier 27, Purdue 22, Utah State 21, South Florida 19, Ohio State 17, Oklahoma State 17, Southern Methodist 16, North Carolina-Charlotte 15, Texas 15, Dayton 11, Michigan 10, Wyoming 10, Creighton 9, Detroit 7, Fresno State 7, Charleston 6, Louisville 6, UNLV 6, Indiana State 5, LSU 5, Auburn 4, Miami 4, Valparaiso 4, Gonzaga 3, South Carolina 3, TCU 3, Villanova 3, Memphis 2, Niagara 2, Cal State-Northridge 1, Hawaii 1, Louisiana-Lafayette 1, Murray State 1, Tulsa 1. | |||
