Nov 18, 2002
Gonzaga University moved up one spot to 21st in this week's Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll released Monday.
The Bulldogs were No. 22 in the rpe-season balloting of sportswriters across the country.
With the college basketball season just getting into full swing this weekend, only five of the Top 25 teams have played games to this point. Gonzaga opens the 2002-03 season Friday at home against Hofstra University, then heads for the Maui Invitational and a first-round game with the University of Utah next Monday.
The University of Arizona held onto the top spot with 58 first-place votes, followed by the University of Kansas as the top two stayed the same. The University of Oklahoma's loss dropped the Sooners from third to seventh. The University of Texas is third, the University of Alabama fourth and the University of Pittsburgh fifth.
Gonzaga holds a 6-point edge over No. 22 Indiana University, the two teams flip-flopping from the pre-season poll. The two teams are in the same half of the bracket in Maui and could meet in the second round. Indiana opens the Maui Invitational against the University of Massachusetts.
By The Associated Press
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last season's final ranking:
Record Pts Pv 1. Arizona (58) 0-0 1,736 1 2. Kansas (10) 0-0 1,679 2 3. Texas 1-0 1,493 4 4. Alabama 1-0 1,454 8 5. Pittsburgh (1) 0-0 1,419 5 6. Duke 0-0 1,384 6 7. Oklahoma 0-1 1,301 3 8. Florida 0-0 1,209 7 9. Michigan St. 0-0 1,116 910. Oregon 0-0 1,024 1111. Xavier 0-0 1,020 1012. Maryland 0-0 790 13tie. Mississippi St. (1) 0-0 790 1214. Connecticut 0-0 735 1515. UCLA 0-0 715 1416. Marquette 1-0 630 1817. Kentucky 0-0 627 1718. Georgia 0-1 575 1619. W. Kentucky 0-0 449 2020. Missouri 0-0 437 1921. Gonzaga 0-0 374 2222. Indiana 0-0 368 2123. Cincinnati 0-0 277 2324. Minnesota 0-0 165 2425. Tulsa 0-0 154 25
Others receiving votes: Virginia 110, Wisconsin 78, Illinois 53, Notre Dame 53, Boston College 50, Wyoming 50, Syracuse 45, Creighton 40, Memphis 39, Texas Tech 37, Ohio St. 34, Oklahoma St. 26, Pepperdine 25, N.C. State 24, Georgia Tech 23, Louisville 23, Southern Cal 20, LSU 16, Penn 15, Temple 11, Stanford 8, UNLV 8, Villanova 7, Wake Forest 7, Arizona St. 4, Ohio 4, S. Illinois 4, Ball St. 3, California 3, Auburn 2, Georgetown 2, Utah 2, Hawaii 1, Holy Cross 1, Mississippi 1.
