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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 | Indiana | 27–0 | Bobby Knight | 32–0 | | 2 | Marquette | 25–1 | Al McGuire | 27–2 | | 3 | UNLV | 28–1 | Jerry Tarkanian | 29–2 | | 4 | Rutgers | 28–0 | Tom Young | 31–2 | | 5 | UCLA | 24–3 | Gene Bartow | 28–4 | | 6 | Alabama | 22–4 | C.M. Newton | 23–5 | | 7 | Notre Dame | 22–5 | Digger Phelps | 23–6 | | 8 | North Carolina | 25–3 | Dean Smith | 25–4 | | 9 | Michigan | 21–6 | Johnny Orr | 25–7 | | 10 | W. Michigan | 24–2 | Eldon Miller | 25–3 | | 11 | Maryland | 22–6 | Lefty Driesell | same | | 12 | Cincinnati | 25–5 | Gale Catlett | 25–6 | | 13 | Tennessee | 21–5 | Ray Mears | 21–6 | | 14 | Missouri | 24–4 | Norm Stewart | 26–5 | | 15 | Arizona | 22–8 | Fred Snowden | 24–9 | | 16 | Texas Tech | 24–5 | Gerald Myers | 25–6 | | 17 | DePaul | 19–8 | Ray Meyer | 20–9 | | 18 | Virginia | 18–11 | Terry Holland | 18–12 | | 19 | Centenary | 22–5 | Larry Little | same | | 20 | Pepperdine | 21–5 | Gary Colson | 22–6 |
Note: Indiana won the NCAAs and unranked Kentucky (22–4, Joe B. Hall, 26–4) won the NIT.
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