TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2003
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The Associated Press
The Wildcats are gaining on the Wildcats.
Arizona and Kentucky were one and two in The Associated Press men's rankings for the fourth straight week yesterday, but the gap narrowed with one more poll remaining this season.
Arizona (25-2), the regular season champions of the Pac-10 Conference, received 51 firstplace votes and 1,779 points from the national media panel. Kentucky (26-3), which finished unbeaten in winning the Southeastern Conference, was No. 1 on 21 ballots and had 1,749 points.
Last week, Arizona led the first-place vote count 59-13.
Duke dropped from No. 10 to No. 12; the first time the Blue Devils have been out of the Top 10 since Dec. 13, 1999. They were in the Top 10 for 68 consecutive polls and were No. 1 in 22 of those, including two this season.
Texas, which ended Oklahoma's 37-game home winning streak Saturday, moved up one place to third. Kansas and Pittsburgh improved two places to fourth and fifth, respectively.
Oklahoma dropped from fifth to sixth and was followed by Florida, which fell from third to No. 7 after losses to Georgia and Kentucky last week. The loss to Kentucky snapped the Gators' 19-game home winning streak and extended the Wildcats' national-best winning streak to 20 games.
Marquette, Wake Forest and Xavier rounded out the Top 10.
Syracuse was No.11 followed by Duke, Illinois, Maryland, Stanford, Memphis, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Creighton and Louisville.
Completing the Top 25 were Georgia, Dayton, Oklahoma State, California and Saint Joseph's.
These are the highest rankings for Wake Forest and Syracuse this season. Wake Forest won the Atlantic Coast Conference outright for the first time since 1962, and Syracuse ended a perfect home season with a win Sunday over Rutgers.
APTOP25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through yesterday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvl
1. Arizona (51) 25-2 1,779 1
2. Kentucky (21) 26-3 1,749 2
3. Texas 22-5 1,630 4
4. Kansas 24-6 1,546 6
5. Pittsburgh 23-4 1,425 5
6. Oklahoma 21-6 1,363 5
7. Florida 24-6 1,359 3
8. Marquette 23-4 1,356 8
9. Wake Forest 23-4 1,273 9
10. Xavier 24-4 1,179 11
11. Syracuse 23-4 1,131 12
12. Duke 21-6 894 10
13. Illinois 21-6 771 14
14. Maryland 19-8 747 13
15. Stanford 23-7 725 17
16. Memphis 22-5 653 18
17. Notre Dame 22-8 546 16
18. Wisconsin 22-6 545 24
19. Creighton 28-4 533 19
20. Louisville 21-6 735 15
21. Georgia 19-8 377 25
22. Dayton 22-5 349 21
23. Oklahoma State 21-8 233 20
24. California 20-7 131 22
25. St. Joseph's (PA) 22-5 109 NR
Dropped out: No. 23 Mississippi State
Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 106, Southern Illinois 88, Utah 71, Butler 55, Connecticut 53, Missouri 16, Weser State 10, Gonzaga 13, Brigham Young 8, Kent State 7, Pennsylvania 6, Troy State 5, Michigan State 7, Holy Cross 4, Colorado 2, LSU 2, Central Michigan 1, Arizona State 1, North Carolina-Wilmington 1
Xavier, which has been victorious in 15-straight games, moved back into the Top 10 for the first time since the preseason poll.
Saint Joseph's (22-5) was the week's only newcomer, returning to the rankings after a three-week absence. The Hawks have won four of their last five, the only loss to Xavier in overtime.
Mississippi State (19-8) fell out of the poll from 23rd, the first time this season the Bulldogs have not been ranked. They have lost three of their last five games but beat Auburn 67-45 Saturday to clinch the SEC West Division.
The final poll of the season will be released next Monday.
Coach suspended for possible fraud
The Associated Press
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia suspended coach Jim Harrick with pay and withdrew from the SEC and NCAA tournaments yesterday after an internal investigation showed three players took a phony class taught by an assistant.
Harrick's future is unclear while the school and NCAA look into allegations brought two weeks ago by a former player.
"The evidence and the findings presented to us indicated there was academic fraud," athletic director Vince Dooley said. "There's no evidence at all that Coach Harrick knew about what took place."
Georgia, ranked 21st in yesterday's AP Top 25, was a lock to receive a third straight invitation to the NCAA tourney, which would have been the longest such streak in school history.
The Bulldogs (19-8, 11-5 Southeastern Conference) were to play Arkansas on Thursday in the league tournament in New Orleans.
The news caps a recent spate of scandals in men's college basketball, including: suspensions of 12 players for using a school access code to make phone calls at Villamova, forfeits of six wins and boycotts of two other games at St. Bonaventure and claims by a former student that he wrote papers for players for payment at Fresno State.
At Georgia, Tony Cole kicked off the team last year accused Harrick and his son, an assistant coach. of breaking NCAA rules. Cole said Jim Harrick Jr. paid his bills, did schoolwork and taught a sham class on coaching, Harrick Jr. was fired Wednesday.
Cole said he neverattended the class, but received an A. Two other players - starters Chris
Daniels and Rashad Wright were also in the class.
Dooley
said Daniels and Wright were declared ineligible. Dooley said he and school president Michael Adams decided to drop out of the postseason because of the academic fraud.
Even if the team played, it would have been difficult to win any games without Wright and Daniels, since the team usually uses only seven players.
Harrick Sr. has three seasons left on a $700,000 per year contract at Georgia. His career has been one of success on the court and trouble off it.
He is one of only three coaches — Eddie Sutton and Lefty Driesell are the others — to take four schools to the NCAA tournament. Hurrick has a 470-235 record in 23 seasons as a college
head coach, and led UCLA to the 1995 national championship.
But this is the second time Harrick has been disciplined because of ethical lapses. He was fired by UCLA in 1996 for lying about an expense report.
Harrick then went to Rhode Island and took that school to the regional finals of the 1998 NCAA tournament. And he also has been accused of improprieties during his two years there.
A former secretary there says Harrick had grades changed for players, had student managers write papers for players and arranged for players to receive lodging, cars and money from boosters.
Last week, Harrick defiantly defended himself against those who would portray him as a rule-breaker.
"I've never had a violation," Harrisck said then. "Go ask the NCAA."
ALL-BIG 12 TEAMS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Here are The Associated Press All-Big 12 selections as chosen by a panel of sports writers, with players listed by name, school class, height, weight and hometown:
First Team
Nick Collison, Kansas, Sr., 6 9,250, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Kirk Hinrich, Kansas, Sr., 6-3, 185, Sioux City, Iowa.
Hollis Price, Oklahoma, Sr. 6-1,170, New Orleans, La.
6-1, 170, New York.
T.J. Ford, Texas, Soph., 5-10,
165 Houston, Texas.
Andre Emmett, Texas Tech,
Jr., 6-5, 229, Dallas, Texas.
Second Team
Arthur Johnson, Missouri Jr., 6-9, 275, Detroit, Mich.
Bernard King, Texas A&M,
Sr., 6-5, 195, Gibsland, La.
Michel Morandais, Colorado, Jr., 6-5, 200, Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
Victor Williams, Oklahoma State, Sr., 5-10, 192, Kansas City, Kan.
James Thomas, Texas, Jr. 6-8,235,Schenectady,N.Y.
Lawrence Roberts, Baylor,
Soph., 6-9, 230, Houston, Texas
Third Team
Jake Sullivan, Iowa State Jr., 6-1, 200, Oakdale, Minn.
Rickey Paulding, Missouri. Jr., 6-5, 209, Detroit, Mich.
Melvin Sanders, Oklahoma State, Sr., 6-5, 198, Liberal, Kan
Stephane Pelle, Colorado, Sr., 6-8, 250, Yaounde, Cameron.
Honorable Mention
The Associated Press
Quannas White, Oklahoma; Keith Langford, Aaron Miles, Kansas; Brandon Mouton, Texas; Tony Allen, Oklahoma State; Ricky Clemons, Missouri; Kasib Powell, Texas Tech; Jackson Vroman, Iowa State; Gilson DeJesus, Kansas State; Andrew Drevo, Nebraska.
Knight gives up salary not happy with team
The Associated Press
LUBBOCK, Texas — Bob Knight won't accept his $250,000 salary for coaching Texas Tech this year because neither he nor his team met his expectations.
"He has standards," Texas Tech men's basketball representative Randy Farley said yesterday. "He just didn't meet his standards, and so he said. I don't think I should be paid for that."
Texas Tech (16-10, 6-10 Big 12) is the No. 7 seed in the Big 12 Conference tournament in Dallas and plays Baylor on Thursday night.
Knight was not available for comment late yesterday,but he told the Dallas Morning News that he was taking the blame.
"I'm just not at all satisfied with what transpired with our team in terms of our fundamental execution. I don't think it's anybody's fault but mine," Knight told the
newspaper for its online edition.
"You heard me talk after games all season long about missed opportunities and how we didn't see things (on the court). Those are things that have got to be taught. Learning those things is just as much a responsibility of the teacher as the ones learning those things," he was quoted as saying.
This year could be Knight's first without 20 victories since 1995, when Indiana went 19-12.
Texas Tech will probably need to win the conference tournament to make the NCAA tournament for the second straight year. Knight has said his team would accept an NIT Tournament bid if offered.
His five-year contract is worth $4.5 million. He makes $250,000 in base pay, $150,000 in deferred annual income and $500,000 in guaranteed outside income each year through May 2006.
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