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December 23, 2002 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	2	Alabama	SEC
2	<	4	Pittsburgh
3	<	3	Duke	ACC
4	<	1	Arizona	Pac-10
5	<	7	Oklahoma	Big 12
6	<	8	Connecticut	Big East
7	<	12	Illinois	Big Ten
8	<	9	Notre Dame
9	<	10	Texas	Big 12
10	<	6	Indiana	Big Ten
11	<	5	Oregon	Pac-10
12	<	13	Florida	SEC
13	<	14	Marquette
14	<	18	Kentucky	SEC
15	<	15	Michigan State	Big Ten
16	<	16	Mississippi State	SEC
17	<	11	Missouri	Big 12
18	<	20	Creighton
19	<	19	Kansas	Big 12
20	<	22	Tulsa
21	<	21	Xavier
22	<	23	North Carolina	ACC
23	<	24	Maryland	ACC
24	<	NR	LSU	SEC
25	<	NR	Wake Forest	ACC

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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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