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Posted on: Monday, March 8, 2010

CBKB: Kansas back on top of AP basketball poll


JIM O'CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer

AP TOP 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Pvs

1. Kansas (63) 29-2 1,623 2

2. Kentucky (2) 29-2 1,553 3

3. Syracuse 28-3 1,500 1

4. Duke 26-5 1,348 4

5. Ohio St. 24-7 1,344 6

6. Purdue 26-4 1,252 7

7. West Virginia 24-6 1,231 10

8. New Mexico 28-3 1,188 8

9. Kansas St. 24-6 1,063 5

10. Villanova 24-6 1,016 9

11. Michigan St. 24-7 1,015 11

12. Butler 27-4 796 12

13. Wisconsin 23-7 710 15

14. BYU 28-4 690 14

15. Tennessee 23-7 650 16

16. Pittsburgh 24-7 644 17

17. Temple 26-5 552 20

18. Gonzaga 26-5 534 18

19. Maryland 23-7 499 22

20. Vanderbilt 23-7 480 13

21. Baylor 24-6 474 21

22. Georgetown 20-9 277 19

23. Texas A&M 22-8 271 23

24. Xavier 23-7 136 25

25. UTEP 24-5 134 24

Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 48, Richmond 41, Utah St. 12, Virginia Tech 12, Texas 10, Marquette 6, Notre Dame 6, Cornell 3, Louisville 3, California 2, Oklahoma St. 1, Siena 1.

Voter Ballots: http://tinyurl.com/cfbse4

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Kansas is back at No. 1.

After a week out of the top spot in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, the Jayhawks replaced Syracuse and were a near unanimous choice today.

They received 63 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. It marks their 14th week at No. 1 this season and they have not been ranked lower than third.

Kentucky moves up one place to second and had the other first-place votes. Syracuse had moved into the top spot last week for the first time since 1990. The Orange drop to third after losing to Louisville.

Duke held fourth while Ohio State and Purdue move up one place to fifth and sixth. West Virginia, New Mexico, Kansas State and Villanova round out the top 10.