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Men's Basketball

February 27, 2012 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference	Record	Points	Coaches
1	< 1	Kentucky (63)	SEC	28-1	1623	*1
2	< 2	Syracuse (2)	Big East	29-1	1562	2
3	< 4	Kansas	Big 12	24-5	1459	4
4	< 5	Duke	ACC	25-4	1409	3
5	< 6	Michigan State	Big Ten	24-5	1372	5
6	< 7	North Carolina	ACC	25-4	1314	6
7	< 3	Missouri	Big 12	25-4	1253	8
8	< 10	Marquette		24-5	1150	7
9	< 13	Baylor	Big 12	24-5	1055	10
10	< 8	Ohio State	Big Ten	23-6	1036	11
11	< 9	Georgetown	Big East	21-6	906	12
12	< 14	Murray State		28-1	885	9
13	< 11	Michigan	Big Ten	21-8	766	16
14	< 16	Wisconsin	Big Ten	21-8	764	15
15	< 19	Wichita State		26-4	754	14
16	< 12	Florida	SEC	22-7	638	13
17	< 21	UNLV		24-6	531	17
18	< 23	Indiana	Big Ten	22-7	444	20
19	< 17	Louisville		22-7	426	18
20	< 20	Notre Dame		20-9	357	19
21	< 24	San Diego State		22-6	304	23
22	< 15	Florida State	ACC	19-9	252	22
23	< 22	Temple		22-6	158	25
24	< 25	Virginia	ACC	21-7	142	RV
25	< NR	Creighton		25-5	140	24
RV	< NR	Gonzaga		23-5	115	RV
RV	< NR	Iowa State	Big 12	21-8	80	RV
RV	< NR	Saint Mary's		25-5	62	21
RV	< 18	New Mexico		22-6	60	RV
RV	< NR	Drexel		25-5	41	RV
RV	< NR	Vanderbilt	SEC	20-9	23	RV
RV	< NR	VCU		25-6	9	RV
RV	< NR	Long Beach State		21-7	8	RV
RV	< NR	BYU		24-7	6	NR
RV	< NR	Harvard	Ivy	24-4	5	RV
RV	< NR	Memphis		21-8	5	RV
RV	< NR	California	Pac-12	23-7	3	RV
RV	< NR	Purdue	Big Ten	19-10	3	NR
RV	< NR	Kansas State	Big 12	19-9	2	RV
RV	< NR	Southern Miss		23-6	2	NR
RV	< NR	Alabama	SEC	19-9	1	NR
NR	< NR	Middle Tennessee		25-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	Mississippi State	SEC	19-10	0	RV
NR	< NR	Nevada		23-5	0	RV
NR	< NR	Washington	Pac-12	20-8	0	RV
NR	< NR	Weber State		23-4	0	RV

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