COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25

No. Team (Record) Comment

1. Cincinnati (23-1) This just in: Two Bearcat players reportedly on track to graduate.

2. Stanford (21-1) Several of these guys would make good defense lawyers.

3. Duke (20-3) Home loss to Maryland (sob, sob) all but forgotten.

4. Arizona (21-4) UCLA arrives in Tucson clutching NCAA rabbits’ feet.

5. Michigan State (19-6) Thanks to rebounders, Spartans rebound from Purdue loss.

6. Tennessee (21-3) Fulmer goes to game to see what all the fuss is about.

7. Oklahoma State (20-3) Win over Oklahoma negated by a loss to Texas.

8. Syracuse (21-2) Dropped in poll after ugly win over unranked West Coast opponent.

9. Indiana (18-4) A.J. Guyton almost as fast as A.J. Foyt.

10. Florida (19-5) Gator fans snapping after two OT losses to Tennessee.

11. Ohio State (17-5) O’Brien needs to get his team going in O’hurry.

12. Temple (18-4) Face it: This is the team no one wants to play.

13. Louisiana State (20-4) Brady’s new contract includes “quality time with Mike the Tiger.”

14. Iowa State (22-3) Cyclones win at Kansas in “Wizard of Oz” remake.

15. Auburn (20-4) Hoping for rematch against Winthrop in NCAAs.

16. Oklahoma (20-4) For Saturday’s game at Kansas, town folk will meet at livery stable and car pool.

17. Connecticut (18-6) Was thisclose to crossing team off my mailing list.

18. Tulsa (23-2) Oklahoma has gone from hoop skirts to “The Hoops State.”

19. Kentucky (18-7) Pa, our old Kentucky home needs a paint job before NCAAs.

20. Utah (19-4) Like MTM, Utes, you’re going to make it after all.

21. Maryland (18-7) Terrapins ask: What’s the big deal about playing at Duke?

22. Purdue (18-7) Keady installs a “Lavin Hotline” on his office phone.

23. Pepperdine (20-6) Waves have better RPI (26) than Michigan State (28).

24. Kent (20-4) Loss to Bowling Green slows Big MAC Attack.

25. Texas (18-6) At moment, team is not George W.’s primary concern.