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Men's Basketball

January 4, 1999 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points
1	< 1	Connecticut (55)	Big East	11-0	1756
2	< 2	Duke (13)	ACC	13-1	1698
3	< 3	Cincinnati (3)		12-0	1655
4	< 5	Stanford	Pac-10	11-2	1519
5	< 4	Maryland	ACC	13-2	1435
6	< 7	Kentucky	SEC	12-3	1424
7	< 10	UCLA	Pac-10	9-2	1268
8	< 6	Arizona	Pac-10	8-1	1122
9	< 11	Purdue	Big Ten	12-2	1090
10	< 12	St. John's	Big East	11-2	1084
11	< 9	North Carolina	ACC	13-3	1019
12	< 13	Michigan State	Big Ten	11-3	1014
13	< 8	Indiana	Big Ten	14-3	995
14	< 17	Auburn	SEC	13-0	870
15	< 15	New Mexico		12-1	742
16	< 16	Minnesota	Big Ten	9-1	719
17	< 21	Iowa	Big Ten	11-1	661
18	< 18	Kansas	Big 12	9-3	584
19	< 20	Arkansas	SEC	11-2	529
20	< 22	Syracuse	Big East	10-3	366
21	< 14	Clemson	ACC	11-3	356
22	< 24	TCU	Big 12	12-2	298
23	< 25	Oklahoma State	Big 12	9-3	193
24	< 19	Wisconsin	Big Ten	12-3	121
25	< NR	California	Pac-10	9-2	75

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