Kansas Remains No. 1

Tue., Dec. 10, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

Kansas held the No. 1 spot in the AP men’s college basketball poll. The Jayhawks (7-0) received 63 first-place votes and 1,694 points.

Wake Forest (6-0) held No. 2 and received the other five No. 1 votes and 1,626 points, 107 more than Kentucky (5-1), which made the jump from sixth to third after impressive wins over Purdue and Indiana. Villanova moved up one spot to No. 4 and was followed in the Top Ten by Michigan, Iowa State, Cincinnati, Arizona, Utah and Clemson.

The Big Ten, seeking increased TV exposure and another money maker for its athletic programs, adopted a men’s postseason basketball tournament - the first in the league’s 102 years. The tournament will begin March 5-8, 1998, at a neutral site.

University of Cincinnati basketball player Ruben Patterson was cleared of burglarizing the apartment of his former girlfriend.

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