University of Oklahoma Athletics

Men's Hoops Ranked 22nd In Season's First AP Poll

November 08, 2000 | Men's Basketball

By: Athletics Communications

Nov. 8, 2000

NORMAN, Okla. - The OU men's basketball team is ranked 22nd in the Associated Press preseason top 25 poll that was released this week. The Sooners are one of three Big 12 teams to appear in the poll's top 25 as Kansas is ranked seventh and Iowa State is ranked 25th.

Other Big 12 teams receiving votes include Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma, which finished 27-7 last year and earned a trip to its sixth straight NCAA Tournament, completes its 2000 exhibition season with a game versus Global Sports Saturday at Lloyd Noble Center. OU students will be admitted free with a valid ID. Tip-off is set for 7:05 p.m.

Associated Press Top 25 Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses) 

   School      RecordPoints

1. Arizona (37)      27-71,753

2. Duke (29)      29-51,749

3. Michigan State (5) 32-71,489

4. Stanford      27-41,487

5. Maryland (1)      25-101,436

6. North Carolina     22-141,407

7. Kansas      24-101,476

8. Illinois      22-101,237

9. Tennessee      26-71,203

10. Seton Hall      22-101,186

11. Florida      29-81,033

12. Kentucky      23-101,015

13. Utah      23-9  695

14. Connecticut      25-10680

15. Arkansas      19-15603

    Notre Dame      22-15603

17. UCLA      21-12597

18. Cincinnati      29-4591

19. Wisconsin      22-14499

20. Wake Forest      22-14466

21. DePaul      21-12352

22. Oklahoma      27-7330

23. USC              16-14284

24. Virginia      19-12231

25. Iowa State      32-5184

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