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© St. Petersburg Times, published February 11, 2003
Arizona moved atop the AP poll Monday for the third time this season, while former No. 1 Alabama dropped out of the Top 25.
In a season in which there has not been a clear-cut No. 1, the Wildcats moved up one place to retake the top spot they held in the preseason, the first five weeks of the regular season and for another two weeks after that.
Louisville moved up three spots to second. The Cardinals have the nation's longest winning streak at 17 games. Kentucky also moved up three spots to third.
Florida, which moved into the No. 1 spot last week for the first time in school history, dropped to fourth after a 70-55 loss to Kentucky.
Alabama has lost five of its past six and dropped out from No. 22. The Crimson Tide, ranked No. 1 for the first time in school history six weeks ago, became the first team to fall from the rankings after being No. 1 since Indiana and Duke both did it in 1979-80, when there was a Top 20.
California won at Oregon State and Oregon last week and moved back into the rankings at No. 22 after being out for one week. Saint Joseph's had easy wins over Villanova and Fordham last week to move into the poll at No. 25 for the first time this season.
Purdue dropped out from No. 24 after beating Wisconsin and losing to Minnesota. It was the Boilermakers' only Top 25 appearance this season.
FRESNO ST.: Several former players had course work written for them, and some of their term papers were paid for by money funneled through a Las Vegas agent, the Fresno Bee reported. The incidents allegedly occurred during the Jerry Tarkanian coaching era, the Bee reported, and involve at least three former players and former academic adviser Katie Felten.
HARVARD: Top scorer Patrick Harvey might have to leave school because of academic problems. Harvey, placed on academic probation at the end of last season, was scheduled to appear before the school's administrative board today.
MICHIGAN ST.: Sophomore forward Alan Anderson is expected to miss three to four weeks with a dislocated finger on his right hand.
OBITUARY: John "Whack" Hyder, the second winningest coach at Georgia Tech, died Sunday in Atlanta. He was 90. Mr. Hyder won 292 games with Georgia Tech from 1959-71, a total surpassed only by Bobby Cremins.