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Final AP Top 20

Writers' poll taken before tournament.

  Before TournsHead CoachFinal Record
1UCLA26–0John Wooden30–0
2North Carolina St.27–0Norm Sloansame
3Long Beach St.24–2Jerry Tarkanian26–3
4Providence24–2Dave Gavitt27–4
5Marquette23–3Al McGuire25–4
6Indiana19–5Bobby Knight22–6
7SW Louisiana23–2Beryl Shipley24–5
8Maryland22–6Lefty Driesell23–7
9Kansas St.22–4Jack Hartman23–5
10Minnesota20–4Bill Musselman21–5
11North Carolina22–7Dean Smith25–8
12Memphis St.21–5Gene Bartow24–6
13Houston23–3Guy Lewis23–4
14Syracuse22–4Roy Danforth24–5
15Missouri21–5Norm Stewart21–6
16Arizona St.18–7Ned Wulk19–9
17Kentucky19–7Joe B. Hall20–8
18Penn20–5Chuck Daly21–7
19Austin Peay21–5Lake Kelly22–7
20San Francisco22–4Bob Gaillard23–5
*North Carolina State was ineligible for NCAA tournament for improper methods used in recruiting David Thompson.
Note: UCLA won the NCAAs and unranked Virginia Tech (18–5, Don DeVoe, 22–5) won the NIT.

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