UConn is Back in This Week's AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 2, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:<

                         Record   Pts Prv

1. Florida (46)          27-2  1,606   1

2. Wichita St. (14)      31-0  1,555   2

3. Arizona (5)           27-2  1,514   3

4. Duke                  23-6  1,364   6

5. Virginia              25-5  1,304  12

6. Villanova             26-3  1,292   8

7. Syracuse              26-3  1,240   4

8. Kansas                22-7  1,200   5

9. Wisconsin             24-5  1,075  14

10. San Diego St.         25-3    995  13

11. Louisville            24-5    959   7

12. Michigan              21-7    899  16

13. Creighton             23-5    892   9

14. North Carolina        22-7    755  19

15. Cincinnati            24-5    737  11

16. Iowa St.              22-6    613  15

17. Saint Louis           25-4    539  10

18. SMU                   23-6    427  23

19. UConn                 23-6    423   _

20. Memphis               22-7    364  21

21. New Mexico            23-5    338  25

22. Michigan St.          22-7    322  18

23. Oklahoma              21-8    183   _

24. Iowa                  20-9     94  20

25. Kentucky              21-8     92  17

Others receiving votes: Texas 70, VCU 58, UCLA 45, Gonzaga 38, Stephen F. Austin 38, Kansas St. 19, Saint Joseph's 19, Ohio St. 17, Green Bay 13, Harvard 7, Arizona St. 5, UMass 5, Colorado 2, Pittsburgh 2, Xavier 2, NC Central 1, Oklahoma St. 1, Southern Miss. 1.