JIM O’CONNELL
AP Basketball Writer

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March 18, 2013
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Gonzaga No. 1 in final AP poll

Gonzaga’s first stint on top of The Associated Press’ college basketball poll lasted through the final Top 25 of the season. The Bulldogs (31-2), the fourth of the four top seeds in the NCAA tournament, were a runaway No. 1 for a third straight week on Monday, receiving 45 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel. They become the first school from a non-BCS conference to finish No. 1 in the final poll since Massachusetts of the Atlantic 10 in 1996. Louisville, the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, is second and got the other first-place votes. …

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