From: writer@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Crazed Lunatic)
Subject: CLP Top 25
Keywords: CLP Report (1-25-92)
Organization: Purdue University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 01:48:50 GMT

Yes, it is that time again.  Time to find out who the Crazed Lunatic and
his crack staff of basketball experts decided who were top teams in the
nation in the realm of college basketball.  It seems that no one, including
my own staff could completely agree on who the number one team is, so I
hope that this well-done poll sheds some light on who really deserves the
number one spot in the nation.

CLP TOP 25	   	   VOTES    FIRST  PREVIOUS
===================================================
1)  North Carolina          203       4       3
2)  Kansas                  202       2       1
3)  Indiana                 200       1       2
4)  Kentucky                188       0       6
5)  Michigan                185       0       4
6)  Cincinnati              176       0       9
7)  Duke                    165       0       5
8)  Arizona                 155       0      12
9)  UNLV                    153       0      22
10) Seton Hall              150       0      10
11) Vanderbilt              136       0      18
12) Arkansas                125       0       8
13) Virginia                119       0       7
14) Iowa                    117       0      14
15) Pittsburgh              106       0      19
16) Purdue                  103       0      13
17) Georgia Tech            102       0      15
18) Connecticut              94       0      16
19) Oklahoma                 84       0      11
20) Florida State            79       0      28
21) Georgetown               57       0      17
22) Utah                     55       0      24
23) Wisconsin                35       0      NR 
24) California               33       0      NR 
25) UCLA                     31       0      20

OTHERS:
26) Michigan State           30       0      21
27) Marquette                24       0      36
28) Wake Forest              23       0      NR 
29) Xavier (Ohio)            21       0      NR 
30) Wisconsin-Milwaukee      16       0      38
31) Minnesota                16       0      23
32) New Orleans              14       0      NR 
33) Illinois                  9       0      30
34) Tulane                    9       0      31
35) Florida                   9       0      29
36) Va. Commonwealth          6       0      NR 
37) St. John's                3       0      34
38) Ohio State                2       0      27
39) Massachusetts             2       0      37
40) Houston                   2       0      NR 
41) Charleston                1       0      40
42) Iowa State                1       0      NR 

This week, the CLP was graced with seven voters: Michael "Libby" De Souza,
Jason "Rude Dog" Rude, Rafat "Guru" Sadiq, David J. Warner from Indiana Univ.,
Stephen Thompson from GE, the Crazed Lunatic (of course), and
the USA Today/ CNN Poll, to attempt to add some credibility.  The CLP likes
to thank all of our voters for their time, especially our newcomers.  We
hope that more of you will decide to send in your votes in the future.

Comment by the Loonster: Yes, I know that some of the teams in this poll
either seem to be ranked high or low.  However, that's what happens when you 
have seven different people with different views voting. If you feel that
your team has gotten jipped, then by all means do something about it.
The CLP accepts all polls which are somewhat reasonable (for instance, having
teams that don't have a .500 record or saying that Ball State's winning 
record gives them a top 10 place in the nation will most likely be discarded.)
To give you an idea, we accepted a poll this week from one of our regulars
who voted North Carolina 7th, which almost allowed Kansas to retain its title.
Although we thought he was extremely crazy, (even crazier than the Lunatic
himself) we still accepted the vote due to our policy of accepting all votes.
So send those votes into us.  We'd really appreciate the support to make our
poll the most unbiased top 25 around.
All you have to do is send in your top 30 teams by Monday, 7PM eastern time 
to writer@mentor.cc.purdue.edu to become one of the CLP Pollsters.
(Notice the later time so that more of you can have time to write your
vote.) 

Note about CLP Poll: Ties between teams are broken by the sole basketball
wisdom of the Crazed Lunatic.

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