61 people voted on Monday Associated Press Top 25 Poll — and exactly 57 of them listed Arizona or Michigan as #1.
Q: Should Duke be offended?
For the record, I also have Michigan and Arizona in my top two, and Duke came in third. So I don’t complain or criticize. But it’s interesting that the Blue Devils have been largely left out of the No. 1 conversation, even though they are A) Duke, B) 10-0 with wins over Michigan State, Florida, Kansas, and Arkansas, C) led by the best player in the sport (Cameron Boozer), and D) No. 1 at MasseyRatings.com.
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Duke did get first-place votes from Chris Lea, Percy Allen and Seth Davis in this week’s AP poll — but that amounts to just 4.9% of all first-place votes. Again, I’m not complaining or criticizing. Duke is ranked No. 3 in the updated CBS Sports Top 25 and 1 daily basketball rankings as of Tuesday morning; that’s the same place where Jon Scheyer’s team is in the AP poll.
I just think if we had known on opening day of the season that Duke would start 10-0 with four wins over the preseason Top 25 teams, and be led by a freshman running away with the race for national player of the year, most of us would have assumed the Blue Devils would be ranked No. 1 heading into Tuesday night’s game with Lipscomb. — but that’s not the case, which is likely just a testament to the equally impressive and undefeated starts that Michigan and Arizona have also provided.
Anyway, there are now seven undefeated teams left in college basketball: Michigan, Arizona, Duke, Iowa State, Nebraska, Vanderbilt and… Miami-Ohio! But the Redhawks’ perfect record could be in jeopardy late Tuesday as they are 1.5-point underdogs at Wright State.
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