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The News-Gazette submits a weekly ballot for the AP Top 25 men's basketball poll. Here's how beat writer Paul Klee voted today (AP rankings in parenthesis):

1. Louisville
2. Memphis
3. Pittsburgh
4. North Carolina
5. Connecticut
6. Duke
7. Oklahoma
8. Michigan State
9. Washington
10. Kansas
11. Villanova
12. Purdue
13. Gonzaga
14. Syracuse
15. Florida State
16. Missouri
17. Wake Forest
18. Clemson
19. Arizona State
20. Utah
21. UCLA
22. Xavier
23. West Virginia
24. Illinois
25. Ohio State

AP Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
1. Louisville (45) 25-5 1,740
2. North Carolina (11) 27-3 1,654
3. Memphis (11) 28-3 1,621
4. Pittsburgh (3) 28-3 1,585
5. Connecticut (1) 27-3 1,519
6. Duke 25-6 1,444
7. Oklahoma 27-4 1,281
8. Michigan State 25-5 1,257
9. Missouri 25-6 1,131
10. Gonzaga 25-5 1,060
11. Villanova 25-6 1,049
12. Wake Forest 24-5 997
13. Syracuse 23-8 903
14. Kansas 25-6 874
15. Washington 24-7 751
16. Florida State 23-8 667
17. Purdue 22-9 643
18. UCLA 24-7 491
19. Arizona State 22-8 381
20. Xavier 24-6 351
21. LSU 25-6 292
22. Butler 26-4 284
23. Marquette 23-8 277
24. Clemson 23-7 264
25. Utah 21-9 150
Others Receiving Votes: West Virginia 89, USC 64, Illinois 63, Ohio State 53, Brigham Young 32, Mississippi State 31, Utah State 28, Saint Mary's 11, Oklahoma State 9, Northern Iowa 7, Temple 7, Siena 5, Texas A&M 4, Virginia Commonwealth 3, Auburn 2, American University 1.

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