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March 5, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	1	Kentucky (63)	SEC	30-1	1623	*1
2	<	2	Syracuse (2)	Big East	30-1	1561	2
3	<	3	Kansas	Big 12	26-5	1482	3
4	<	6	North Carolina	ACC	27-4	1442	4
5	<	7	Missouri	Big 12	27-4	1343	5
6	<	4	Duke	ACC	26-5	1262	6
7	<	10	Ohio State	Big Ten	25-6	1251	7
8	<	5	Michigan State	Big Ten	24-7	1149	8
9	<	8	Marquette	Big East	25-6	1087	9
10	<	13	Michigan	Big Ten	23-8	945	13
11	<	12	Murray State	Ohio Valley	30-1	922	10
12	<	9	Baylor	Big 12	25-6	909	11
13	<	11	Georgetown	Big East	22-7	873	14
14	<	14	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23-8	853	12
15	<	18	Indiana	Big Ten	24-7	707	15
16	<	15	Wichita State	Missouri Valley	27-5	492	16
17	<	22	Florida State	ACC	21-9	468	17
18	<	21	San Diego State	Mountain West	24-6	441	21
19	<	25	Creighton	Missouri Valley	28-5	364	22
20	<	17	UNLV	Mountain West	25-7	360	20
21	<	23	Temple	Atlantic 10	24-6	343	24
22	<	16	Florida	SEC	22-9	305	19
23	<	20	Notre Dame	Big East	21-10	256	23
24	<	NR	Gonzaga	West Coast	25-5	170	25
25	<	NR	Iowa State	Big 12	22-9	127	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Mary's	West Coast	26-5	88	18
RV	<	19	Louisville	Big East	22-9	84	RV
RV	<	NR	Drexel	Colonial	27-5	83	RV
RV	<	NR	New Mexico	Mountain West	24-6	64	RV
RV	<	24	Virginia	ACC	22-8	34	RV
RV	<	NR	Memphis	Conference USA	23-8	13	RV
RV	<	NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	21-10	6	NR
RV	<	NR	VCU	Colonial	27-6	6	RV
RV	<	NR	Cincinnati	Big East	22-9	5	NR
RV	<	NR	Long Beach State	Big West	22-8	3	NR
RV	<	NR	Kansas State	Big 12	21-9	2	RV
RV	<	NR	Harvard	Ivy	26-4	1	RV
RV	<	NR	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	24-6	1	RV
NR	<	NR	Middle Tennessee	Sun Belt	25-6	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Mississippi State	SEC	21-10	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Montana	Big Sky	23-6	0	RV
NR	<	NR	Nevada	WAC	25-5	0	RV

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