What are the top takeaways from the release of the NCAA basketball AP Poll?
Excitement continues to fill the air for college basketball fanatics. Tomorrow is the start of November, which means the 2016-17 season is set to begin rather shortly.
Preseason polls continue to take center stage, at least for the next couple of weeks. Conference awards and predictions have all been completed by the coaches and the USA Today poll was released last week.
On Monday, the AP Poll was unveiled with Duke taking the number one ranking, Kentucky coming in at number two and Kansas, Villanova and Oregon following to round out the top-five.
But there are many other observations that can be taken away from the preseason poll. So without further ado, here is Busting Brackets’ top takeaways from Monday’s release.
Like I mentioned last week when breaking down the USA Today poll, these preseason rankings will not matter a few weeks down the road. It is nice to look back on them when March rolls around though.
Duke is the clear cut best team in the country, especially if Giles and Tatum are 100 percent healthy. There are probably 10-to-11 teams that have a realistic shot of winning a National Title in April with the rest of the top-25 looking at a possible long run in March as their consolation prize. It’s going to be an awesome season, so buckle up your seatbelt now.
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