April 2, 2002
McLEAN, Va. - Gonzaga University finished 16th in the final USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 men's basketball poll, with national champion University of Maryland receiving all 31 first-place votes following Monday's victory over Indiana University.
The Bulldogs, first-round loser to the University of Wyoming in this year's NCAA Tournament, fell from 6th in the fin votingwith 264 points, eight behind No. 15 University of Missouri and 27 ahead of No. 17 Ohio State University. Missouri, a surprise team in the Elite Eight, was unranked in the final regular-season poll, while Ohio State slipped from 12th to 17th after the Buckeyes' first-round NCAA Tournament setback.
This is the fourth straight year the Bulldogs have been ranked in the final USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25.
The top 25 teams in the final USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2001-02 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last ranking:
Record Pts Pvs 1. Maryland (31) 32-4 775 4 2. Kansas 33-4 720 2 3. Indiana 25-12 701 - 4. Oklahoma 31-5 692 3 5. Duke 31-4 606 1 6. Connecticut 27-7 586 13 Oregon 26-9 586 11 8. Cincinnati 31-4 489 5 9. Pittsburgh 29-6 482 710. Arizona 24-10 458 911. Illinois 26-9 410 1612. Kent State 30-6 402 -13. Kentucky 22-10 394 1514. Alabama 27-8 281 815. Missouri 24-12 272 -16. Gonzaga 29-4 264 617. Ohio State 24-8 237 1218. Marquette 26-7 186 10 Texas 22-12 186 -20. UCLA 21-12 170 -21. Mississippi State 27-8 162 1822. Southern Illinois 28-8 157 -23. Florida 22-9 140 1424. Xavier 26-6 116 1925. North Carolina State 23-11 86 25
Others receiving votes: Southern California 80, Miami 66, Wake Forest, 54, Georgia 44, Notre Dame 44, Western Kentucky 44, California 35, Oklahoma State 31, Stanford 30, Tulsa 20, Wisconsin 17, Hawaii 15, Wyoming 11, Texas Tech 8, Memphis 6, Creighton 5, North Carolina-Wilmington 5, Butler 2.
