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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 | Michigan | 24–3 | Johnny Orr | 26–4 | | 2 | UCLA | 24–3 | Gene Bartow | 25–4 | | 3 | Kentucky | 24–3 | Joe B. Hall | 26–4 | | 4 | UNLV | 25–2 | Jerry Tarkanian | 29–3 | | 5 | North Carolina | 24–4 | Dean Smith | 28–5 | | 6 | Syracuse | 25–3 | Jim Boeheim | 26–4 | | 7 | Marquette | 20–7 | Al McGuire | 25–7 | | 8 | San Francisco | 29–1 | Bob Gaillard | 29–2 | | 9 | Wake Forest | 20–7 | Carl Tacy | 22–8 | | 10 | Notre Dame | 21–6 | Digger Phelps | 22–7 | | 11 | Alabama | 23–4 | C.M. Newton | 25–6 | | 12 | Detroit | 24–3 | Dick Vitale | 25–4 | | 13 | Minnesota | 24–3 | Jim Dutcher | same | | 14 | Utah | 22–6 | Jerry Pimm | 23–7 | | 15 | Tennessee | 22–5 | Ray Mears | 22–6 | | 16 | Kansas St. | 23–6 | Jack Hartman | 24–7 | | 17 | UNCC | 25–3 | Lee Rose | 28–5 | | 18 | Arkansas | 26–1 | Eddie Sutton | 26–2 | | 19 | Louisville | 21–6 | Denny Crum | 21–7 | | 20 | VMI | 25–3 | Charlie Schmaus | 26–4 |
Note: Marquette won the NCAAs and unranked St. Bonaventure (20–6, Jim Satalin, 24–6) won the NIT.
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