Dec 17, 2001

SPOKANE, Wash. - Gonzaga University's men's basketball team moved up a notch to 24th in this week's Associated Press Top 25, the second straight week the Bulldogs have been ranked.

The Bulldogs, who defeated the University of Washington and Washington State University last week, received 199 points, trailing the University of Alabama by 56 points and leading the University of Cincinnati by 15 points.

Duke University remained a unanimous choice atop the poll, followed by the University of Maryland, University of Kansas, University of Florida and the University of Virginia to round out the top five.

Gonzaga will return to action Friday at home against Eastern Oregon University. The Bulldogs began final exams Monday, and will then take four days off for Christmas break following Friday's game prior to beginning preparations for an East Coast swing that has them playing Dec. 29 at Monmouth University and New Years's Eve at 15th-ranked Saint Joseph's University.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 16, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

                  Record  Pts  Pv 1. Duke (70)        9-0  1,750  1 2. Maryland         8-1  1,655  3 3. Kansas           8-1  1,582  4 4. Florida          7-1  1,522  5 5. Virginia         5-0  1,396  7 6. Oklahoma St.     9-0  1,326  8 7. Kentucky         6-1  1,289  9 8. Missouri         9-1  1,222  2 9. Illinois         8-2  1,198 1010. Boston College   9-0  1,119 1111. Arizona          5-2  1,105  612. Iowa             9-3    912 1513. Stanford         4-1    864 1214. Marquette        9-0    857 1415. Saint Joseph's   6-1    641 1616. Georgetown       8-1    575 1817. Michigan St.     6-3    515 2318. Syracuse         9-2    504 1319. UCLA             5-2    490 1720. Wake Forest      7-2    419 1921. Ball St.         6-2    315 2022. Oklahoma         7-1    262 2423. Alabama          7-2    255 2224. Gonzaga          9-2    199 25 25. Cincinnati       7-1    184  -

Others receiving votes: Miami 153, S. Illinois 79, Butler 73, Georgia 41, Connecticut 40, W. Kentucky 34, Memphis 32, N.C. State 26, Notre Dame 26, Indiana 24, Mississippi St. 18, Texas 14, Mississippi 12, Fresno St. 6, Penn 5, Texas Tech 4, California 2, Georgia St. 1, South Florida 1, Temple 1, Tulsa 1, Utah St. 1.