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Last updated on February 1, 2009
Final AP Top 20 Writers' poll taken after tournament. | | | Before Tourns | Head Coach | Final Record |
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| 1 | UCLA | 23–3 | John Wooden | 28–3 | | 2 | Kentucky | 22–4 | Joe B. Hall | 26–5 | | 3 | Indiana | 29–0 | Bobby Knight | 31–1 | | 4 | Louisville | 24–2 | Denny Crum | 28–3 | | 5 | Maryland | 22–4 | Lefty Driesell | 24–5 | | 6 | Syracuse | 20–7 | Roy Danforth | 23–9 | | 7 | N.C. State | 22–6 | Norm Sloan | 22–6 | | 8 | Arizona St. | 23–3 | Ned Wulk | 25–4 | | 9 | N. Carolina | 21–7 | Dean Smith | 23–8 | | 10 | Alabama | 22–4 | C.M. Newton | 22–5 | | 11 | Marquette | 23–3 | Al McGuire | 23–4 | | 12 | Princeton | 18–8 | Pete Carril | 22–8 | | 13 | Cincinnati | 21–5 | Gale Catlett | 23–6 | | 14 | Notre Dame | 18–8 | Digger Phelps | 19–10 | | 15 | Kansas St. | 18–8 | Jack Hartman | 20–9 | | 16 | Drake | 16–10 | Bob Ortegel | 19–10 | | 17 | UNLV | 22–4 | Jerry Tarkanian | 24–5 | | 18 | Oregon St. | 18–10 | Ralph Miller | 19–12 | | 19 | Michigan | 19–7 | Johnny Orr | 19–8 | | 20 | Penn | 23–4 | Chuck Daly | 23–5 |
Note: UCLA won the NCAAs, Princeton won the NIT and Drake won CCA.
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