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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Final AP Top 20 Writers' poll taken before tournament. | | | Before Tourns | Head Coach | Final Record |
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| 1 | UCLA | 26–0 | John Wooden | 30–0 | | 2 | North Carolina | 23–4 | Dean Smith | 26–5 | | 3 | Penn | 23–2 | Chuck Daly | 25–3 | | 4 | Louisville | 23–4 | Denny Crum | 26–5 | | 5 | Long Beach St. | 23–3 | Jerry Tarkanian | 25–4 | | 6 | South Carolina | 22–4 | Frank McGuire | 24–5 | | 7 | Marquette | 24–2 | Al McGuire | 25–4 | | 8 | SW Louisiana | 23–3 | Beryl Shipley | 25–4 | | 9 | BYU | 21–4 | Stan Watts | 21–5 | | 10 | Florida St. | 23–5 | Hugh Durham | 27–6 | | 11 | Minnesota | 17–6 | Bill Musselman | 18–7 | | 12 | Marshall | 23–3 | Carl Tacy | 23–4 | | 13 | Memphis St. | 21–6 | Gene Bartow | 21–7 | | 14 | Maryland | 23–5 | Lefty Driesell | 27–5 | | 15 | Villanova | 19–6 | Jack Kraft | 20–8 | | 16 | Oral Roberts | 25–1 | Ken Trickey | 26–2 | | 17 | Indiana | 17–7 | Bobby Knight | 17–8 | | 18 | Kentucky | 20–6 | Adolph Rupp | 21–7 | | 19 | Ohio St. | 18–6 | Fred Taylor | same | | 20 | Virginia | 21–6 | Bill Gibson | 21–7 |
Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and Maryland won the NIT.
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