COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25

No. School (Record) Comment

1. Stanford (24-1) It’s unanimous. Everybody loves Raymond and Stanford.

2. Cincinnati (26-2) Did you know Dick Vitale is pals with Ken Griffey Jr.?

3. Arizona (24-4) Federal privacy laws prohibit any comment on team this week.

4. Duke (23-4) Disgruntled home fans write a “Dear St. John’s” letter.

5. Ohio State (21-5) Penn and Redd working again like Penn and Teller.

6. Michigan State (21-7) Over time, team should recover from Indiana loss.

7. Oklahoma State (23-4) “Goin’ Deep” may be name of Sutton’s NCAA tournament show.

8. Temple (22-5) Owls need cough syrup after loss to St. Joseph’s.

9. Florida (23-5) History alert: Gators just tied school record for wins.

10. Louisiana State (24-4) Best frontcourt since Shaq and the Fat Man (Stanley Roberts).

11. Indiana (20-6) In Bloomington, player complaints are settled in “Knight Court.”

12. Tennessee (23-5) Loss to Alabama may force Volunteers to spit out a possible No. 1 seed.

13. Tulsa (26-3) No sour grapes after getting swept by Fresno State?

14. Iowa State (25-4) Players switch health coverage to Fizer Permanente.

15. Maryland (22-7) Juan Dixon is dipstick skinny, but he keeps Terrapins’ motor running.

16. Kentucky (21-8) Tenth 20-win season in a row evokes yawns in Lexington.

17. St. John’s (21-6) First 1,000 fans at next home game get free NCAA manuals.

18. Texas (21-7) Center Chris Mihm has opponents seeing double-doubles.

19. Oklahoma (23-5) Ranked schools from state consider staging their own in-house tournament.

20. Auburn (21-7) We can think of 2,500 reasons why Porter should have turned pro.

21. Kansas (21-8) Williams starts over from scratch, nails peach basket to barn.

22. Pepperdine (22-7) Expect wave of protest if school gets NCAA tournament snub.

23. Connecticut (20-8) Ty Edney sues El-Amin for buzzer-beater copyright infringement.

24. Purdue (21-8) Loss to Knight hits Keady like a swift kick to the silo.

25. Fresno State (20-9) Mike Wallace wants to know if he can get ducats for WAC tournament.