Scouting Reports THE TOP 40 Duke's Blue Devils are No. 1, but blue bloods abound--from the blue and gray of Georgetown to the bluegrass of Louisville to the blue collars of Michigan. And the black-and-blue Big East wins the battle for top conference

1-10
1 DUKE
2 GEORGETOWN
3 LOUISVILLE
4 MICHIGAN
5 IOWA
6 NORTH CAROLINA
7 ILLINOIS
8 SYRACUSE
9 UNLV
10 OKLAHOMA

11-20
11 ARIZONA
12 GEORGIA TECH
13 MISSOURI
14 OHIO STATE
15 FLORIDA STATE
16 FLORIDA
17 VILLANOVA
18 N.C. STATE
19 GEORGIA
20 CONNECTICUT

21-30
21 STANFORD
22 TEMPLE
23 LOYOLA (CALIF.)
24 SMU
25 WICHITA STATE
26 TENNESSEE
27 PITTSBURGH
28 SOUTH CAROLINA
29 NEW MEXICO
30 INDIANA

31-40
31 MEMPHIS STATE
32 COLORADO STATE
33 WEST VIRGINIA
34 ARKANSAS
35 ST. JOHN'S
36 VIRGINIA TECH
37 UNC CHARLOTTE
38 MURRAY STATE
39 KENTUCKY
40 ST. LOUIS

THE CONFERENCES

1.BIG EAST
2.BIG TEN
3.ATLANTIC COAST
4.METRO
5.SOUTHEASTERN
6.BIG EIGHT
7.PAC-10
8.WESTERN ATHLETIC
9.MISSOURI VALLEY
10.ATLANTIC 10
11.SOUTHWEST
12.SUN BELT
13.BIG WEST
14.MIDWESTERN COLL.
15.AMERICAN SOUTH
16.WEST COAST ATHLETIC
17.OHIO VALLEY
18.SOUTHERN
19.MID-AMERICAN
20.AMCU
21.BIG SKY
22.METRO ATLANTIC
23.COLONIAL
24.TRANS AMERICA
25.IVY
26.NORTHEAST
27.ECAC NORTH ATLANTIC
28.SOUTHLAND
29.EAST COAST
30.SOUTHWESTERN
31.BIG SOUTH
32.MID-EASTERN