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USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 Preseason Poll
Updated Oct. 28, 2005.
First regular season poll will be released Nov. 21.
Others receiving votes: North Carolina State (21-14)
76; Ohio State (20-12) 72; Washington (29-6) 57; Kansas (23-7) 56; Wisconsin
(25-9) 52; Texas Tech (22-11) 51; LSU (20-10) 45; Michigan (13-18) 35; Charlotte
(21-8) 34; Oklahoma State (26-7) 34; North Carolina (33-4) 16; Old Dominion
(28-6) 13; Georgetown (19-13) 10; Florida (24-8) 7; Northern Iowa (21-11) 7;
Miami (Fla.) (16-13) 6; Vanderbilt (20-14) 3; Western Kentucky (22-9) 3; California
(13-16) 2; UNLV (17-14) 2; Ohio (21-11) 2; Oral Roberts (25-8) 2; Utah State
(24-8) 2; Bucknell (23-10) 1; Temple (16-14) 1; Texas A&M (21-10) 1.
The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 31
head coaches at Division I institutions. All are members of the National Association
of Basketball Coaches. The board for the 2005-06 season: Dana Altman, Creighton;
Tevester Anderson, Jackson State; Eddie Biedenbach, North Carolina-Asheville;
Jim Boeheim, Syracuse; Rick Byrd, Belmont; Charlie Coles, Miami (Ohio); Barry
Collier, Nebraska; Dick Davey, Santa Clara; Fran Dunphy, Pennsylvania; Mick
Durham, Montana State; Rob Evans, Arizona State; Steve Fisher, San Diego State;
Pat Flannery, Bucknell; Greg Graham, Boise State; Tom Green, Fairleigh Dickinson;
David Henderson, Delaware; Johnny Jones, North Texas; Eddie McCarter, Texas-Arlington;
Bob McKillop, Davidson; Phil Martelli, Saint Joseph's; Ron "Fang"
Mitchell, Coppin State; Joe Mihalich, Niagara; Dan Monson, Minnesota; Dave Odom,
South Carolina; Doc Sadler, Texas-El Paso; Bob Thomason, Pacific; Jimmy Tillette,
Samford; Perry Watson, Detroit Mercy; Gary Williams, Maryland; Ted Woodward,
Maine; Rich Zvosec, Missouri-Kansas City. The NABC prohibits schools on major
NCAA or conference probation from receiving votes.
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