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December 30, 2002 AP Men's Basketball Poll

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

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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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