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BASKETBALL

November Has Arrived , College Hoops Are Back , AP Top 25 Poll Released

What excites you about November ? Is it the chill in the air ? Is it that your favorite season has arrived?

For the avid college basketball fan around the country and around the world when the season ends with one team hoisting the national championship trophy the off season begins and fans may go through withdrawal but for the teams during the off-season it means that the coaches have to get their players ready for the season ahead while the players have to build their chemistry on the court for the chance to play in the national title game and cut down the nets in April at the final four. 

The AP Top 25 poll came out on Monday and their is no surprise that Duke is in the number one one spot with the talent they have back in redshirt senior Amile Jefferson , senior Matt Jones, junior Grayson Allen , sophomore Luke Kennard along with Chase Jeter along with the highly touted  freshman class that includes Frank Jackson, Jayson Tatum , Harry Giles Marques Bolden,  Jack White along with Javin Deaurier

"according to  it looks like this  http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17935593/duke-blue-devils-ranked-no-1-associated-press-preseason-top-25-followed-kentucky-wildcats-kansas-jayhawks

 

1 Duke 

2 Kentucky 

3. Kansas 

4. Villanova 

5. Oregon

6.North Carolina 

7.Xavier 

8. Virginia 

9. Wisconsin 

10. Arizona 

11.Indiana

12. Michigan State

13. Louisville 

14. Gonzaga 

15. Purdue 

16. UCLA 

17. Saint Mary's 

18. Connecticut

19. Syracuse 

20. West Virginia 

21. Texas

22. Creighton

23. Rhode Island 

24. Iowa State 

25. Maryland

Is there a team  in the AP Top 25 that could challenge #1 Duke ?