Preseason AP Basketball Poll: Duke #4, UNC #6

Did you know that college basketball season was around the corner? Of course you did, and so here comes the first AP Basketball Poll of the soon-to-be season. The preseason AP basketball Poll includes two teams from the usual Tobacco Road subjects, and then you have go digging for the third team. It is there though, buried in the other receiving votes section of the poll.

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The Duke Blue Devils were picked fourth, which is one spot lower than their ranking in the Coaches Poll. They are looking up at Kentucky, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Duke lost two big players in Rodney Hood and Jabari Parker, but the consensus is that Jahlil Oakfor and Tyus Jones can help replace them. They will be aided by growth from Marshall Plumlee and Rasheed Sulaimon.

The North Carolina Tar Heels were picked sixth. North Carolina has a lot of good players, but we’ll have to see who emerges to be great. Marcus Paige is the consensus best player on the current team and he may have to pull his best Kemba Walker impersonation if this Tar Heel team is to reach its highest potential.

Tar Heel alum Larry Brown as his SMU Mustangs at number 22 in the poll. One would have to wonder how high they might have climbed if all of his recruits had stayed with him.

North Carolina State found itself in the others receiving votes section with 14 votes from various writers.

The Preseason AP Basketball Poll
1.Kentucky Wildcats
2.Arizona Wildcats
3.Wisconsin Badgers
4.Duke Blue Devils

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5.Kansas Jayhawks
6.North Carolina Tar Heels
7.Florida Gators
8.Louisville Cardinals
9.Virginia Cavaliers
10.Texas Longhorns
11.Wichita State Shockers
12.Villanova Wildcats
13.Gonzaga Wildcats
14.Iowa State Cyclones
15.VCU Rams
16.San Diego State Aztecs
17.Connecticut Huskies
18.Michigan State Spartans
19.Oklahoma Sooners
20.Ohio State Buckeyes
21.Nebraska Cornhuskers
22.SMU Mustangs
23.Syracuse Orange
24.Michigan Wolverines
25.Harvard Crimson/Utah Utes

Others receiving votes:

Stanford 71, Iowa 58, Colorado 57, UCLA 35, Minnesota 34, Kansas St 27, Arkansas 21, Pittsburgh 20, Memphis 15, NC State Wolfpack 14, Louisiana Tech 9, Cincinnati 8, LSU 8, George Washington 7, Notre Dame 6, Oklahoma St 6, Dayton 6, Georgetown 5, Florida St 5, Maryland 3, Illinois 3, UNLV 2, BYU 2, West Virginia 1, Baylor 1, Stephen F. Austin 1, UTEP 1

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