College basketball is back, and so is the AP Poll. Ahead of the beginning of the season next week, the Blue Zone takes a look at the opening rankings for Duke, and key teams around the country.

There is no clear favorite. There is no obvious best player. There are several possibilities in both categories.

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16. Purdue’s Braden Smith, at 6-0, is 16 inches shorter than former teammate Zach Edey, but he’s the preseason favorite to be national player of the year — same as Edey. This tall-and-short twosome ...

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Coach Mark Few wants to return No. 21 Gonzaga to the list of national title contenders, and he's assembled a loaded team to get there.

Duke Scott ran for a career-best 196 yards in place of injured Atlantic Coast Conference rushing leader Hollywood Smothers to ...

With Clemson up 45-38, Mensah’s 56-yard pass to tight end Jeremiah Hasley set Duke up at the Clemson 35 with a little more than four minutes left in the fourth. The Devils had fourth-and-short at the ...