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Where NCAA men’s basketball champions ranked in final AP polls before tournament began (1949-2006):
* Ranked 1st: 20 teams
* Ranked 2nd: 12 teams
* Ranked 3rd: 7 teams
* Ranked 4th-10th: 11 teams
* Ranked 11th-16th: 4 teams
* Not ranked: 4 teams-x
x-CCNY (1950), California (1959), Villanova (1985) and Kansas (1988).
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Source: World Features Syndicate
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