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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Final AP Top 20 Writers' poll taken before major tournaments. | | | Before Tourns | Head Coach | Final Record |
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| 1 | San Francisco | 25–0 | Phil Woolpert | 29–0 | | 2 | N.C. State | 24–3 | Everett Case | 24–4 | | 3 | Dayton | 23–3 | Tom Blackburn | 25–4 | | 4 | Iowa | 17–5 | Bucky O'Connor | 20–6 | | 5 | Alabama | 21–3 | Johnny Dee | same | | 6 | Louisville | 23–3 | Peck Hickman | 26–3 | | 7 | SMU | 22–2 | Doc Hayes | 25–4 | | 8 | UCLA | 21–5 | John Wooden | 22–6 | | 9 | Kentucky | 19–5 | Adolph Rupp | 20–6 | | 10 | Illinois | 18–4 | Harry Combes | same | | 11 | Oklahoma City | 18–6 | Abe Lemons | 20–7 | | 12 | Vanderbilt | 19–4 | Bob Polk | same | | 13 | N. Carolina | 18–5 | Frank McGuire | same | | 14 | Holy Cross | 22–4 | Roy Leenig | 22–5 | | 15 | Temple | 23–3 | Harry Litwack | 27–4 | | 16 | Wake Forest | 19–9 | Murray Greason | same | | 17 | Duke | 19–7 | Harold Bradley | same | | 18 | Utah | 21–5 | Jack Gardner | 22–6 | | 19 | Oklahoma A&M | 18–8 | Hank Iba | 18–9 | | 20 | West Virginia | 21–8 | Fred Schaus | 21–9 |
Note: San Francisco won the NCAAs and Louisville won the NIT.
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