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_ poll until defeated by Georgia Tech 1 ;» 1 _   r »» ,, y   V ·,··V   __,;;  
show and took a Ryan showed every _ t as _~, iv 7,.   __ Y    iz;
1 one fhg} the cms at Tech; then Kentucky took the top I _A) §j\`.§,..   »§ _   _ ‘  gig
are No 1 in his oll · ‘ ‘ "7]/ /   A I i  
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C°y|e_ u11t1l the \A1ldcats went to Vanderbilt A< `,_§=.;g     1,.. 1  
University and lost; then, Kansas   A        
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y took a turn until Long Beach State   1 `--·· ‘   1
beat the a hawks at Kansas. But, not 1   ~ ··  
0 worry. It s n1ce to be No. 1 dur- ( 5 -;;.     y    
ing the season," said Pitino. "It’s ( 1*%* 1   V ''       
good for the fans and it’s fun to talk     $4 ·· ··4... · I
about, but what really counts is the   ` -·»~  
end of the season a11d our players   _ *
know that. There will be several No.   y
l’s before it is over." each. You may notice Duke by its 1
In that final poll of the season, UK absence. The Associated Press publish-
A has been at the top most often — tied es its final poll of the year before the
with UCLA, each finishing No. 1 seven NCAA Tournament. When you look at
times, followed by North Carolina with Top IO finishes, Kentucky again heads
three, and Cincinnati, DePaul, Hous— the list with 27, followed by North
ton, Indiana, Michigan, UNLV, Ohio Carolina (21), UCLA (18) and Duke
State and San Francisco, two times and Indiana tied with 15 each.
—l l{(‘Illlll`l§}' .—\l1111111us Spring 1993