This week's basketball ranking:

Here is my ballot for this week’s AP poll:

1)                  Duke

2)                  Ohio St.

3)                  Syracuse

4)                  Kansas

5)                  Pittsburgh

6)                  Villanova

7)                  San Diego St.

8)                  Purdue

9)                  Notre Dame

10)              Texas A&M

11)              Connecticut

12)              BYU

13)              Missouri

14)              Temple

15)              Kentucky

16)              Texas

17)              Illinois

18)              Washington

19)              Saint Mary's, Calif.

20)              Oklahoma St.

21)              Cincinnati

22)              UCF

23)              Florida

24)              Virginia Tech

25)              Coastal Carolina