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March 6, 1972 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	UCLA	Pac-8
2	<	4	Penn	Ivy
3	<	3	North Carolina	ACC
4	<	2	Louisville
5	<	6	Long Beach State
6	<	8	South Carolina
7	<	5	Marquette
8	<	7	BYU
9	<	11	Louisiana
10	<	9	Marshall
11	<	20	Memphis
12	<	15	Hawaii
13	<	18	Maryland	ACC
14	<	10	Florida State	Independent
15	<	12	Virginia	ACC
16	<	NR	Minnesota	Big Ten
17	<	17	Oral Roberts
18	<	19	Missouri	Big 8
19	<	13	Houston
20	<	NR	Indiana	Big Ten

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