Men's Hoops Ranked No. 24 In AP Poll
Dec. 24, 2001
CORAL GABLES, FL – The University of Miami men’s basketball team is ranked 24th in the latest Associated Press Top-25 College Basketball poll released Monday.
Miami (11-0) is off to the best start in school-history and received 277 votes to break into the Associated Press Top-25 for the first time since the end of the 1999-00 season. The Hurricanes ended the 1999-00 season ranked 23rd by the Associated Press.
Miami is one of five remaining undefeated Division I teams including No. 1 Duke (10-0), No. 4 Virginia (8-0),No. 5 Oklahoma State (12-0) and No. 24 Butler (11-0).
The Hurricanes, who are ranked 23rd in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll, will attempt to improve their to 12-0 when they face Louisiana State (9-2) in the Sugar Bowl Basketball Classic on December 27. The game will be broadcast live on Fox Sport Net at 10:30 p.m. The game can also be heard on the Hurricane Radio Network, WQAM-560 AM.
Miami’s next home game will beSunday, December 30 at noon against St. Francis (PA) at Miami Arena. Fortickets contact the Hurricane Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-CANES.
AssociatedPress Poll
(Dec. 24)
| Record | Points | PW | |
| 1. Duke (71) | 10-0 | 1,775 | 1 |
| 2. Kansas | 9-1 | 1,660 | 3 |
| 3. Florida | 9-1 | 1,620 | 4 |
| 4. Virginia | 8-0 | 1,506 | 5 |
| 5. Oklahoma St. | 12-0 | 1,470 | 6 |
| 6. Kentucky | 7-2 | 1,400 | 7 |
| 7. Illinois | 10-2 | 1,377 | 9 |
| 8. Maryland | 8-2 | 1,315 | 2 |
| 9. Iowa | 10-3 | 1,076 | 12 |
| 10. Missouri | 9-2 | 1,019 | 8 |
| 11. Boston College | 11-1 | 935 | 10 |
| 12. Oklahoma | 9-1 | 852 | 22 |
| 13. Michigan St. | 9-3 | 830 | 17 |
| 14. Arizona | 6-3 | 755 | 11 |
| 15. UCLA | 7-2 | 660 | 19 |
| 16. Stanford | 6-2 | 625 | 13 |
| 17. Cincinnati | 11-1 | 620 | 25 |
| 18. Syracuse | 10-2 | 617 | 18 |
| 19. Marquette | 10-1 | 566 | 14 |
| 20. Georgetown | 9-2 | 441 | 16 |
| 21. Alabama | 9-2 | 390 | 23 |
| 22. Gonzaga | 10-2 | 362 | 24 |
| 23. Butler | 11-0 | 287 | – |
| 24. Miami | 11-0 | 277 | – |
| 25. Wake Forest | 8-3 | 100 | 20 |
Others receiving votes: Saint Joseph’s 77, Connecticut 64, Ball St. 62, Notre Dame 61, W.Kentucky 58, Texas 42, Memphis 26, Oregon 25, Louisville 22, Georgia 19, Texas Tech 19, BYU 18, N.C. State 12, S. Illinois 10, Mississippi 5, California 4,Coll. of Charleston 3, St. John’s 3, Utah St. 3, Mississippi St. 2, Pittsburgh2, Hawaii 1, Tulsa 1, Wyoming 1.
