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UC basketball makes AP's all-time Top 10

The Enquirer/Kareem Elgazzar

The Associated Press announced its AP All-Time Top 100 NCAA men's basketball teams, with the Kentucky Wildcats topping the poll and the Cincinnati Bearcats rounding out the top 10.

Among other teams of regional interest to appear in the poll:

No. 6 Indiana
No. 7 Louisville
No. 12 Ohio State
No. 53 Xavier
No. 76 Dayton

AP's capsule for UC:

Total appearances: 35.81% of all polls
First appearance: Jan. 18, 1949 (first-ever poll)
No.1 ranking:45
Best full decade: 1990s, appeared in 61.