Marvin Bagley III returns from eye injury to notch double-double as No. 1 Duke wins
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — No. 1 Duke
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — No. 1 Duke
By: MIKE McCURRY After a tumultuous offseason for
On the same day that Duke landed
If there were no one-and-done rule, Marvin Bagley
By JACOB POLACHECK
For the second consecutive year, the Duke Blue Devils will open the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the AP Preseason Top-25 poll, with Michigan State, Arizona, Kansas, and Kentucky rounding out the rest of the top-five. Duke had 33 of 65 first-place votes.
“It is an honor to be picked No. 1 in your sport,” Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski told the Associated Press Wednesday. “At this time of the year, it truly is a prediction, so you haven’t earned No. 1 yet. More than likely, past teams that have played at Duke have put this team in a position where people might say, ‘How is that team going to do?’ or ‘They have a lot of talent’ and all of the sudden, you’re No. 1. Certainly, it’s an honor and we’ll look forward to trying to achieve and earn that ranking at some time during the season, hopefully at the end.”
By JACOB POLACHECK THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Marvin
