2. Kentucky (17-1)

All three of the Wildcats’ frontcourt players could be lottery picks in June.

3. Baylor (17-0)

Bears can expect a rocking atmosphere tonight at Kansas.

4. Duke (15-2)

Hardly overpowering. Blue Devils are 9-1 in games decided by 10 or fewer points.

5. Missouri (16-1)

On team full of shooters, Baltimore-product English is the most accurate. He has 45 3-pointers, hitting 52 percent.

6. Ohio State (16-3)

Done in by Brandon Paul (8 of 10 from 3, 43 points) at Illinois, leaving Buckeyes 2-3 on the road.

7. Kansas (14-3)

D.C. product Robinson (17.2 ppg, 12.2 rpg) a national player of the year candidate.

8. UNC (15-3)

Lithuanian Dulkys (8 of 10 from the arc) made like Marciulionis in FSU’s destruction of UNC.

9. Michigan State (15-3)

Play at Michigan Tuesday night. Were swept by Wolverines last year.

10. Virginia (14-2)

Cavaliers hit only 3 of 16 from the arc at Duke and still took Blue Devils to the wire.

11.Murray State (18-0)

Is this too high a rank for a team that would be the underdog if it played at Maryland or George Mason tomorrow?

12.UConn (14-3)

Three straight double-doubles for rapidly-developing 6-11 Drummond.

13.Georgetown (14-3)

Probably should take a tumble after losing two of three. But who to replace them with? These teams look the same from No. 10 to No. 30.

14.UNLV (16-3)

Rebels guards Stanback and Belfield hit 4 of 23 shots as they came up two points short at San Diego State.

15.Marquette (14-4)

Handed Pitt its sixth straight loss, its longest losing streak since 1997-98.

16.Seton Hall (15-3)

No Big East duo as productive as seniors Pope (17.1 ppg, 10.6 rpg) and Theodore (16.4 ppg, 7.4 apg).

17.San Diego State (15-2)

Their only two losses are quality — @ Baylor by 10 and to Creighton by 2.

18.Indiana (15-3)

Chance to recover in their next four – Nebraska, Penn State, Wisconsin, Iowa.

19.llinois (15-3)

Voters don’t like them. I don’t get it. Upset of Ohio State should finally get them ranked.

20.Florida (14-4)

Gators haven’t really beaten anyone. FSU, Arizona, Texas A&M are their quality wins. Best thing on resume is losses at Ohio State by 7 and at Syracuse by 4.

21.Vanderbilt (13-4)

We’ll know more about them after this week – @ Bama (Thursday), Miss. St. (Saturday).

22. Creighton (16-2)

Doug McDermott the best 6-foot-7 shooter since Reggie Miller? The sophomore is hitting 53 percent from arc, 62 percent overall.

23. Mississippi State (15-3)

Nice wins over Tennessee and Alabama in a span of three days.

24. St. Mary’s (17-2)

Dellavedova (26 points, 6 assists) carved up Gonzaga. So Gaels replace Bulldogs in rankings.

25. Kansas State (12-4)

D.C. product Rodney McGruder (Carroll) put 30 up against Baylor, but it wasn’t enough in 75-73 loss.

Next five:

26. Michigan (14-4)

27. Gonzaga (14-3)

28. Louisville (14-4)

29. West Virginia (13-5)

30. Harvard (15-2)

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