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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. Pittsburgh (2)
2. North Carolina (1)
3. Memphis (4)
4. Connecticut (3)
5. Louisville (5)
6. Oklahoma (6)
7. Michigan State (7)
8. Duke (9)
9. Wake Forest (8)
10. Villanova (10)
11. Kansas (11)
12. Washington (13)
13. Clemson (17)
14. Gonzaga (12)
15. UCLA (15)
16. Florida State (22)
17. Xavier (19)
18. Illinois (NR)
19. Missouri (14)
20. Butler (16)
21. Arizona State (23)
22. Purdue (24)
23. Syracuse (18)
24. BYU (25)
25. Siena (NR)
-Teams ranked in AP poll but not on N-G's ballot: LSU (20), Marquette (21).
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