TOP 25 / COLLEGE BASKETBALL

1. Stanford (25-1) Bay Area basketball storm headed this way--film at 11.

2. Michigan State (23-3) Do the Spartans beat Wisconsin every week, or does it just seem that way?

3. Illinois (22-6) Bill Self’s orange jacket confiscated by Orange Bowl rep.

4. Florida (21-5) Injuries force pep band to play “When Johnny Comes Marching Home.”

5. Duke (25-4) After another home loss, school shrink confessed Cameron fans not really “crazy.”

6. North Carolina (23-4) Um, it might be time to dig in your heels, Heels.

7. Arizona (19-7) About to notch 20 victories, yawn, for 14th consecutive season.

8. UCLA (19-6) San Diego Chicken counsels Lavin on sideline antics.

9. Iowa State (24-4) That ambush at Texas certainly took us by surprise.

10. Virginia (20-6) Wins over Duke and North Carolina in the same season? Not bad.

11. Kansas (22-5) Once again, just good enough to break your heart.

12. Boston College (22-4) “Worst to first” T-shirts on sale now at campus bookstore.

13. Mississippi (22-6) Barnes and Harrick agree to arm-wrestle for SEC coach-of-year honors.

14. St. Joseph’s (24-4) Have you checked out “Marvelous” Marvin O’Connor?

15. Maryland (19-9) “Revenge (over Duke) is a kind of wild justice”--Francis Bacon.

16. Kentucky (19-8) Defeat against Arkansas described as “Forty minutes of Swine.”

17. Oklahoma (22-6) Obviously, everybody does not love Raymond.

18. Alabama (20-8) Team gets technical (four total) in Florida loss.

19. Creighton (23-6) Founded in 1878 at bequest of Mary Lucretia Creighton.

20. Georgetown (22-6) Founded in 1970s at bequest of John Thompson.

21. Syracuse (21-7) Slouching toward Big East tournament.

22. Fresno State (22-5) Tark says he can’t wait for the NC-Two-A tournament.

23. Texas (22-7) Win over Iowa State was an Eye-owa opener.

24. Xavier (21-5) “X” marks this spot in the rankings.

25. California (19-7) Quick! Must rank team now before football academic scandal spreads.