The Enquirer and wire reports

Xavier was ranked 11th, Kentucky 17th and Cincinnati 20th in the USA Today/ESPN preseason college basketball coaches poll.

XU's highest ranking ever was 10th before the 1998-99 season.

This is the ninth time in 11 years UC has been ranked in the preseason ESPN poll. The only times they were not were before 1997-98 and last season.

The top 25 teams in the preseason USA Today-ESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2001-02 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and final ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pvs
1. Arizona (27)	24-10	770	10
2. Kansas (3)	33-4	740	2
3. Oklahoma (1)	31-5	680	4
4. Pittsburgh	29-6	613	9
5. Texas	22-12	583	18t
6. Duke	31-4	574	5
7. Florida	22-9	554	23
8. Alabama	27-8	494	14
9. Oregon	26-9	475	6t
10. Michigan State	19-12	439	NR
11. Xavier	26-6	386	24
12. UCLA	21-12	322	20
13. Mississippi State	27-8	321	21
14. Connecticut	27-7	314	6t
15. Maryland	32-4	285	1
16. Georgia	22-10	269	NR
17. Kentucky	22-10	262	13
18. Missouri	24-12	221	15
19. Marquette	26-7	215	18t
20. Cincinnati	31-4	168	8
21. Indiana	25-12	167	3
22. Gonzaga	29-4	163	16
23. Western Kentucky	28-4	151	NR
24. Minnesota	18-13	86	NR
25. Illinois	26-9	83	11

Others receiving votes: North Carolina State 82; Virginia 76; Tulsa 67; Wisconsin 58; Wyoming 42; Syracuse 40; Villanova 40; Oklahoma State 37; Ohio State 37; Notre Dame 31; Creighton 30; Texas Tech 29; Boston College 17; Wake Forest 17; Georgia Tech 16; UNLV 13; California 11; Iowa State 11; Ball State 10; Hawaii 10; Louisville 10; Mississippi 10; Southern California 9; Pepperdine 7; Southern Illinois 7; Georgetown 6; Pennsylvania 3; UC-Santa Barbara 3; Dayton 2; Stanford 2; Temple 2; Hampton 1; Kent State 1; LSU 1; Miami (Fla.) 1; Utah State 1.