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Men's Basketball

1988 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll

Rank		Team (FPV)	Conference
1	< 1	Temple
2	< 3	Arizona	Pac-10
3	< 2	Purdue	Big Ten
4	< 4	Oklahoma	Big 8
5	< 8	Duke	ACC
6	< 6	Kentucky	SEC
7	< 9	North Carolina	ACC
8	< 5	Pittsburgh
9	< 13	Syracuse	Big East
10	< 10	Michigan	Big Ten
11	< 12	Bradley
12	< 7	UNLV
13	< 14	Wyoming
14	< 11	NC State	ACC
15	< 16	Loyola Marymount
16	< 19	Illinois	Big Ten
17	< 15	Iowa	Big Ten
18	< 20	Xavier
19	< 17	BYU
20	< NR	Kansas State	Big 8

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