Feb 4, 2002

The Missouri men's basketball team split a pair of games last week against top-10 teams, and remained 22nd in the latest Associated Press Top-25 poll, released today.

The Tigers (16-6 overall, 5-3 in Big 12 Conference play), defeated then-#8 Virginia yesterday in Columbia (81-77) after suffering a 105-73 defeat at #2 Kansas last Monday.

Mizzou dropped out of the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll despite Sunday's win. That poll was tabluated prior to Sunday's game vs. Virginia.

Missouri, which has played three of its last four games vs. top-10 teams, next faces unranked Iowa State Wednesday night at the Hearnes Center. The game is sold out, but is being televised statewide on the Mizzou Sports Network.

By The Associated Press

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

 Record Pts Pv
 1. Duke (71) 20-1 1,775 1
 2. Kansas 19-2 1,702 2
 3. Maryland 18-3 1,632 3
 4. Oklahoma 17-3 1,513 6
 5. Alabama 19-3 1,449 7
 6. Cincinnati 20-2 1,407 4
 7. Kentucky 15-5 1,331 10
 8. Florida 16-4 1,297 5
 9. Gonzaga 20-3 1,136 11
10. Virginia 14-5 917 8
11. Arizona 15-6 875 19
12. Miami 19-3 736 15
13. Oregon 17-5 728 -
14. Oklahoma St. 17-5 709 9
15. UCLA 15-6 635 13
16. Ohio St. 17-3 564 25
17. Georgia 17-5 557 16
18. Marquette 19-3 490 -
19. Wake Forest 16-6 474 24
20. Stanford 13-6 436 18
21. Illinois 15-7 416 12
22. Missouri 16-6 364 22
23. Syracuse 17-6 305 14
24. Texas Tech 16-4 281 20
25. Southern Cal 16-5 272 23

Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 264, Memphis 188, Connecticut 185, Indiana 125, Utah 102, Xavier 75, Hawaii 38, W. Kentucky 31, Mississippi 16, Butler 14, Pepperdine 13, N.C. State 8, California 4, Minnesota 4, Notre Dame 3, S. Illinois 2, Kent St. 1, Tulsa 1.