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Buckeyes remain on top
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Ohio State and Kansas are 1-2 in The Associated Press college basketball poll  for a second straight week.
The Big Ten champion Buckeyes are No. 1 for a fifth week overall and haven’t been ranked lower than second since December. They received 52 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday.
Kansas was No. 1 on the other ballots.
Pittsburgh moved up one spot to third and was followed by Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina, San Diego State, BYU, Purdue and Texas.
The No. 4 ranking is Notre Dame’s highest since being fourth in December 1980.
West Virginia and Cincinnati are among four newcomers this week and are part of a record nine Big East teams in the Top 25. The Big East had nine teams in for one week in January 2009 and for one week this January.

The Associated Press
Top 25 poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, total points based on 25  points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

    Record    Pts    Pvs
1. Ohio St. (52)    29-2    1,612    1
2. Kansas (13)    29-2    1,569    2
3. Pittsburgh    27-4    1,493    4
4. Notre Dame    25-5    1,416    8
5. Duke    27-4    1,265    4
6. North Carolina    24-6    1,209    13
7. San Diego St.    29-2    1,197    9
8. BYU    28-3    1,187    3
9. Purdue    25-6    1,108    6
10. Texas    25-6    1,081    7
11. Syracuse    25-6    984    12
12. Florida    24-6    931    14
13. Wisconsin    23-7    870    10
14. Louisville    23-8    794    11
15. Kentucky    22-8    639    20
16. Arizona    25-6    562    18
17. St. John’s    20-10    462    15
18. Xavier    24-6    437    23
19. Kansas St.    22-9    345    —
20. West Virginia    20-10    294    —
21. Connecticut    21-9    281    16
22. Georgetown    21-9    244    17
23. Utah St.    28-3    234    25
24. Temple    24-6    209    —
25. Cincinnati    24-7    202    —

Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 177, Vanderbilt 101, Villanova 64, UCLA 40, UNLV 29, Missouri 22, George Mason 12, Old Dominion 11, Alabama 10, Belmont 9, Butler 9, Gonzaga 6, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 4, Va. Commonwealth 3, UAB 2, Harvard 1.