51.   The Volunteers were ninth in the preseason poll but were gone by the fifth week of the regular season.

52.   The Volunteers, who were ninth in the preseason poll, came back in following a victory over Pittsburgh.

53.   UNDATED -- Arkansas, the defending national champion with five returning starters, was the overwhelming choice Monday in The Associated Press preseason college basketball poll.

54.   Way back in November the seers of college basketball put Duke and Connecticut atop the preseason poll.