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Sooners Ranked No. 6 in First AP Poll
November 07, 2005 | Men's Basketball
NORMAN, Okla. - Only three teams in Oklahoma men's basketball history have started a season ranked higher in the AP poll than Kelvin Sampson's 2005-06 Sooners. OU is ranked No. 6 in the preseason poll that was released Monday.
Oklahoma received 1,378 poll points and trails No. 1 Duke (1,785), No. 2 Texas (1,652), No. 3 Connecticut (1,578), No. 4 Michigan State (1,572) and No. 5 Villanova (1,413). Duke received 61 first-place votes, Texas got two, Michigan State four and Villanova one.
Rounding out the poll's top 10 are No. 7 Louisville, No. 8 Gonzaga, No. 9 Kentucky and No. 10 Arizona.
Iowa State joins Oklahoma and Texas from the Big 12 in the poll with a No. 25 ranking.
This marks the fifth time in school history OU is ranked in the AP's preseason top 10. The Sooners were No. 3 in the 2002-03 preseason poll, No. 5 in the 1984-85 and 1988-89 versions and No. 7 in 1986-87.
Oklahoma, also ranked No. 6 in the preseason ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Poll, is coming off a 70-35 exhibition victory over Northeastern State on Saturday night behind 26 points and 11 rebounds from Taj Gray and 13 points and 16 boards from Kevin Bookout.
OU plays its second and final exhibition game this Saturday against UNC Pembroke -- Sampson's alma mater -- at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners open the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 19, with a home game against Samford at 4 p.m.
Season tickets are still available at the OU Athletics Ticket Office (405-325-2424 or 800-456-4668) and online here at SoonerSports.com. Prices start as low as $225. A very limited number of lower-level season tickets are also on sale. Season tickets for OU students are still available for $120.
PRESEASON AP MEN'S BASKETBALL POLL
Team (Points)
1. Duke (1,785)
2. Texas (1,652)
3. Connecticut (1,578)
4. Michigan State (1,572)
5. Villanova (1,413)
6. Oklahoma (1,378)
7. Louisville (1,319)
8. Gonzaga (1,275)
9. Kentucky (1,255)
10. Arizona (1,212)
11. Boston College (1,093)
12. Memphis (920)
13. Stanford (842)
14. West Virginia (652)
15. Alabama (621)
16. Syracuse (586)
17. Illinois (563)
18. Wake Forest (524)
19. UCLA (499)
20. Iowa (395)
21. George Washington (304)
22. Nevada (291)
23. Indiana (273)
24. Maryland (258)
25. Iowa State (251)
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