The top 25 teams in the USA Today-ESPN men's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Sunday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Rec Pts Pr
1.
NCarolina
(31) 11-0 775 1
2.
Connecticut
10-0 737 2
3.
Pittsburgh
12-0 715 3
4.
Oklahoma
11-0 683 4
5.
Duke
10-1 651 6
6.
Wake Forest
10-0 552 10
7.
Gonzaga
8-2 449 7t
8.
Texas
9-2 486 5
9.
Georgetown
8-1 476 13
10.
UCLA
8-2 465 12
11.
Notre Dame
8-2 398 14
12.
Xavier
9-1 392 7t
13.
Ohio State
8-0 371 16
14.
Syracuse
11-1 368 11
15.
Purdue
9-2 341 18
16.
Villanova
10-1 324 15
17.
Arizona State
9-1 306 17
18.
Michigan St.
8-2 254 22
19.
Louisville
7-2 231 9
20.
Clemson
12-0 218 25
21.
Tennessee
8-2 215 19
22.
Baylor
9-1 163 24
23.
Minnesota
10-0 78 NR
24.
Memphis
6-3 60 21
25.
Marquette
9-2 58 23
Others receiving votes:
Brigham Young 44; Davidson 39; Michigan 38; Missouri 28; Dayton 26; Butler 14; St. Mary's 14; Kansas 10; Miami (Fla.) 10; Arizona 9; Wisconsin 9; West Virginia 5; Florida 4; Illinois State 3; LSU 3; Stanford 3.