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Happy Holidays From Bracketology 101!

Our first Bracketology picks for the 2004-2005 season will be posted in the coming weeks. Until then, keep checking back for updated polls, college basketball news, scores, etc.

Ho Ho Ho.
- Chris and Craig

AP Poll - Week of Dec. 20-26

Oklahoma State received its highest ranking in more than 12 years, moving up one spot Monday to No. 3 in The Associated Press college basketball poll while Illinois and Kansas were the top two teams for the third straight week.

AP Top 25

1	Illinois (50)	10-0	1,727	1
2	Kansas (15)	7-0	1,658	2
3	Oklahoma St. (5)	8-0	1,628	4
4	North Carolina	8-1	1,476	5
5	Wake Forest	9-1	1,427	6
6	Duke	8-0	1,388	7
7	Syracuse	9-1	1,307	8
8	Kentucky	7-1	1,220	9
9	Georgia Tech	7-1	1,219	3
10	Pittsburgh	8-0	1,115	10
11	Connecticut	5-1	964	11
12	Washington	8-1	758	18
13	Gonzaga	8-1	732	22
14	Arizona	7-2	720	15
15	Texas	7-2	703	14
16	NC State	8-1	689	12
17	Iowa	9-1	658	16
18	Louisville	6-2	618	13
19	Alabama	9-1	607	17
20	George Washington	7-1	475	19
21	Mississippi St.	9-2	411	20
22	Cincinnati	7-0	297	25
23	Michigan St.	6-2	279	21
24	Maryland	6-2	239	23
25	Virginia	7-1	200	24

AP Poll - Week of Nov. 29 - Dec. 5

Virginia moved into The Associated Press' men's college basketball Top 25 Monday, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference a record-tying seven teams in the poll. Wake Forest extended its lead at No. 1, the Cavaliers were No. 24, and there were five other conference schools in between, matching the feat accomplished twice by the Big Ten and once by the ACC. The other ranked ACC teams were No. 4 Georgia Tech, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 10 Duke, No. 12 Maryland and No. 16 North Carolina State.

AP Top 25
Rank	Team (First-place)	Record	Pts	Pvs
1.	Wake Forest (40)	5-0	1,737	1
2.	Kansas (18)	2-0	1,678	2
3.	Syracuse (4)	5-0	1,582	4
4.	Georgia Tech (7)	3-0	1,580	3
5.	Illinois (1)	4-0	1,540	5
6.	Oklahoma St. (2)	3-0	1,420	6
7.	Connecticut	1-0	1,329	7
8.	Kentucky	3-0	1,284	8
9.	North Carolina	4-1	1,134	11
10.	Duke	3-0	1,129	9
11.	Michigan St.	3-0	1,073	10
12.	Maryland	3-0	1,018	13
13.	Pittsburgh	3-0	782	16
14.	Washington	4-0	770	22
15.	Mississippi St.	5-1	743	14
16.	N.C. State	4-0	722	17
17.	Louisville	3-1	584	12
18.	Texas	3-1	507	15
19.	Florida	3-0	447	23
20.	Notre Dame	3-0	442	21
21.	Arizona	3-2	413	18
22.	Alabama	4-1	381	19
23.	Iowa	3-1	367	--
24.	Virginia	4-0	235	--
25.	Wisconsin	2-1	114	20

Maui Invitational & Preseason NIT Scoreboards

Here are Wednesday night's results from Maui and Madison Square Garden:

Gray, Wake Forest Best Gomes, Providence
Arizona Squeaks Past Michigan, Into NIT Final

Felton, McCants Lead Tar Heels To Maui Title
Lousville Tops Stanford In Maui Third Place Game