With the men’s college basketball season just three weeks away, the Associated Press released its preseason top 25 poll Monday. For the second straight year, the Kansas Jayhawks will enter the season as preseason No. 1, earning 30 out of 60 votes for the top spot to edge out the Alabama Crimson Tide and two-time defending champion UConn Huskies. Other highlights from the poll included Cooper Flagg and the Duke Blue Devils picked at No. 7 and John Calipari’s Arkansas Razorbacks landing at No. 16.
Here’s a look at some notable takeaways from the poll:
