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Men's Basketball

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		25-6	1087	9
10	< 13	Michigan	Big Ten	23-8	945	13
11	< 12	Murray State		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		27-5	492	16
17	< 22	Florida State	ACC	21-9	468	17
18	< 21	San Diego State		24-6	441	21
19	< 25	Creighton		28-5	364	22
20	< 17	UNLV		25-7	360	20
21	< 23	Temple		24-6	343	24
22	< 16	Florida	SEC	22-9	305	19
23	< 20	Notre Dame		21-10	256	23
24	< NR	Gonzaga		25-5	170	25
25	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	22-9	127	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's		26-5	88	18
RV	< 19	Louisville		22-9	84	RV
RV	< NR	Drexel		27-5	83	RV
RV	< NR	New Mexico		24-6	64	RV
RV	< 24	Virginia	ACC	22-8	34	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis		23-8	13	RV
RV	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	21-10	6	NR
RV	< NR	VCU		27-6	6	RV
RV	< NR	Cincinnati	Big East	22-9	5	NR
RV	< NR	Long Beach State		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		24-6	1	RV
NR	< NR	Middle Tennessee		25-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC	21-10	0	RV
NR	< NR	Montana		23-6	0	RV
NR	< NR	Nevada		25-5	0	RV

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