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February 24, 1997 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Kansas	Big 12
2	<	2	Minnesota	Big Ten
3	<	3	Kentucky	SEC
4	<	5	Utah
5	<	4	Wake Forest	ACC
6	<	9	South Carolina	SEC
7	<	6	Duke	ACC
8	<	12	North Carolina	ACC
9	<	11	Cincinnati
10	<	17	UCLA	Pac-10
11	<	10	New Mexico
12	<	8	Clemson	ACC
13	<	7	Iowa State	Big 12
14	<	16	Xavier
15	<	13	Arizona	Pac-10
16	<	14	Maryland	ACC
17	<	15	Louisville
18	<	19	Villanova
19	<	21	Colorado	Big 12
20	<	22	Charleston
21	<	23	Illinois	Big Ten
22	<	24	Indiana	Big Ten
23	<	NR	Saint Joseph's
24	<	18	Michigan	Big Ten
25	<	20	Stanford	Pac-10

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