Hoosiers Stay No. 1, MSU Up To No. 4

Indiana has held on to the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press' Top 25 for the third straight week.
   The Hoosiers received 43 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday.
   Miami had 20 No. 1 votes and moved up one spot to second. Gonzaga, with the other two first-place votes, climbed two spots to third.
   Michigan State rose from eighth to No. 4 and was followed by Florida, Duke, Michigan, Syracuse, Kansas and Louisville.
   VCU was the only newcomer to the poll this week. The Rams, who had been out of the rankings the last three weeks, moved in at No. 24. The only team to fall out of the rankings was Kentucky, which was No. 25 and dropped out after losing Florida and Tennessee last week.

   The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 17, 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.  Indiana  (43)                    23-3    1,597      1
  2.  Miami  (20)                        21-3    1,571      3
  3.  Gonzaga  (2)                      25-2    1,428      5
  4.  Michigan  St.                    22-4    1,416      8
  5.  Florida                              21-3    1,387      7
  6.  Duke                                    22-3    1,308      2
  7.  Michigan                            22-4    1,264      4
  8.  Syracuse                            21-4    1,125      6
  9.  Kansas                                21-4    1,077    14
10.  Louisville                        21-5    1,011    12
11.  Georgetown                        19-4        952    15
12.  Arizona                              21-4        924      9
13.  Kansas  St.                        20-5        848    10
14.  Oklahoma  St.                    19-5        786    17
15.  Butler                                21-5        659    11
16.  New  Mexico                        22-4        654    19
17.  Marquette                          18-6        524    18
18.  Ohio  St.                            18-7        458    13
19.  Wisconsin                          18-8        406    20
20.  Pittsburgh                        20-6        370    16
21.  Memphis                              22-3        362    22
22.  Colorado  St.                    21-4        307    24
23.  Oregon                                21-5        216    23
24.  VCU                                      21-5        123      --
25.  Notre  Dame                        20-6          79    21
   Others receiving votes: Saint Louis 58, Minnesota 52, Louisiana Tech 48, Illinois 46, Cincinnati 20, NC State 20, Akron 16, Missouri 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Maryland 2, Saint Mary's (Cal) 2, Creighton 1, Wichita St. 1.
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