COLLEGE BASKETBALL TOP 25

Team (Record) Comment

1. Michigan State (7-0) Michigan’s Fab Five? Meet Michigan State’s Fab Two (Randolph and Taylor).

2. Duke (9-0) Team takes a well-deserved break to consider its greatness.

3. Stanford (6-0) So quiet we hadn’t even realized the Cardinal started the season.

4. Wake Forest (7-0) All the rave after knocking Kansas on its Kan.

5. Arizona (5-2) Woods amends comments to say this could be the greatest .500 team ever assembled.

6. Tennessee (8-0) Fulmer calls to remind this is still, foremost, a football school.

7. Illinois (7-2) Comeback against Seton Hall leaves team Self-assured.

8. Florida (7-2) Nothing like a 75-point win over Florida A&M; to get the juices flowing.

9. Connecticut (8-1) Woods swipes at insect at Storrs airport; called for fly-tending.

10. Virginia (6-0) Ralph Sampson called back to put star on team Christmas tree.

11. Seton Hall (6-1) Tommy (Amaker) says the kids will be all right.

12. USC (6-0) Bibby asks if he can use the football coach’s office to store boxes.

13. Syracuse (6-0) How can one not be impressed by Preston Sumpert?

14. Kansas (8-1) Team rebounds vs. DePaul after last week’s Wake (Forest).

15. Wisconsin (5-1) Temple agrees to play tonight’s game without baskets.

16. Cincinnati (4-1) Shootout vs. Xavier has all the drama of a chili spaghetti western.

17. North Carolina (5-2) Tar Heels come Caroling to Pauley Pavilion on Dec. 23.

18. Alabama (6-0) Freshman Gerald Wallace may be enough to turn the tide.

19. Maryland (6-3) Williams not as crabby as he was after 1-3 start.

20. Notre Dame (4-2) Coach thinks five more wins should assure team a spot in the Fiesta Bowl.

21. Oklahoma (6-1) Program reprimanded for having already lost more games than the football team.

22. Iowa (7-0) Unnamed school with interim coach in Bloomington monitoring coach’s ascent.

23. Arkansas (6-2) Trying to shake off loss against old Arkansas coach, Eddie Sutton.

24. Georgetown (8-0) Hoyas crack Associated Press poll for first time since 1995-96.

25. Mississippi (8-0) Our headline after Memphis win? “Fried Calipari.”