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March 8, 2010 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	<	2	Kansas (63)	Big 12	29-2	1623	*1
2	<	3	Kentucky (2)	SEC	29-2	1553	2
3	<	1	Syracuse	Big East	28-3	1500	*3
4	<	4	Duke	ACC	26-5	1348	4
5	<	6	Ohio State	Big Ten	24-7	1344	7
6	<	7	Purdue	Big Ten	26-4	1252	5
7	<	10	West Virginia		24-6	1231	6
8	<	8	New Mexico		28-3	1188	8
9	<	5	Kansas State	Big 12	24-6	1063	9
10	<	9	Villanova		24-6	1016	10
11	<	11	Michigan State	Big Ten	24-7	1015	11
12	<	12	Butler		27-4	796	12
13	<	15	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23-7	710	18
14	<	14	BYU		28-4	690	15
15	<	16	Tennessee	SEC	23-7	650	13
16	<	17	Pittsburgh		24-7	644	16
17	<	20	Temple		26-5	552	17
18	<	18	Gonzaga		26-5	534	14
19	<	22	Maryland	ACC	23-7	499	19
20	<	13	Vanderbilt	SEC	23-7	480	23
21	<	21	Baylor	Big 12	24-6	474	20
22	<	19	Georgetown	Big East	20-9	277	22
23	<	23	Texas A&M	Big 12	22-8	271	24
24	<	25	Xavier		23-7	136	RV
25	<	24	UTEP		24-5	134	21
RV	<	NR	Northern Iowa			48	25
RV	<	NR	Richmond			41	RV
RV	<	NR	Utah State			12	RV
RV	<	NR	Virginia Tech	ACC		12	RV
RV	<	NR	Texas	Big 12		10	RV
RV	<	NR	Marquette			6	NR
RV	<	NR	Notre Dame			6	NR
RV	<	NR	Cornell	Ivy		3	RV
RV	<	NR	Louisville			3	NR
RV	<	NR	California	Pac-10		2	RV
RV	<	NR	Oklahoma State	Big 12		1	RV
RV	<	NR	Siena			1	NR
NR	<	NR	Memphis			0	RV
NR	<	NR	Old Dominion			0	RV
NR	<	NR	Saint Mary's			0	RV
NR	<	NR	UNLV			0	RV

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