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December 2, 2002 AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank			Team (FPV)	Conference
1	<	1	Arizona	Pac-10
2	<	3	Texas	Big 12
3	<	4	Alabama	SEC
4	<	6	Duke	ACC
5	<	5	Pittsburgh
6	<	8	Oklahoma	Big 12
7	<	10	Oregon	Pac-10
8	<	7	Florida	SEC
9	<	11	Maryland	ACC
10	<	19	Indiana	Big Ten
11	<	12	Connecticut	Big East
12	<	NR	North Carolina	ACC
13	<	13	Marquette
14	<	2	Kansas	Big 12
15	<	18	Missouri	Big 12
16	<	16	Xavier
17	<	NR	Stanford	Pac-10
18	<	15	Kentucky	SEC
19	<	22	Tulsa
20	<	24	Minnesota	Big Ten
21	<	9	Michigan State	Big Ten
22	<	NR	Virginia	ACC
23	<	25	Wisconsin	Big Ten
24	<	23	Mississippi State	SEC
25	<	NR	Illinois	Big Ten

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Regular-season polls from 1949-60 had 20 teams, from 1961-68 had 10 teams (except in December 1960 and the 1964-65 preseason polls), and 1990-present had 25 teams.
Preseason polls started in the 1961-62 season, and there were post-tournament polls in 1953, 1954, 1974, and 1975.
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