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1983 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference	Record
1	<	3	Virginia	ACC	0-0
2	<	6	Georgetown	Big East	0-0
3	<	1	North Carolina	ACC	0-0
4	<	15	Kentucky	SEC	0-0
5	<	NR	Villanova		0-0
6	<	9	Memphis		0-0
7	<	19	UCLA	Pac-10	0-0
8	<	20	Louisville		0-0
9	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0
10	<	4	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0
11	<	16	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0
12	<	13	Alabama	SEC	0-0
13	<	NR	Tennessee	SEC	0-0
14	<	NR	Houston	Southwest	0-0
15	<	5	Missouri	Big 8	0-0
16	<	NR	NC State	ACC	0-0
17	<	12	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0
18	<	NR	Marquette		0-0
19	<	NR	St. John's	Big East	0-0
20	<	NR	Oklahoma	Big 8	0-0
20	<	NR	UNLV		0-0

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
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