KU basketball No. 2 in preseason USA Today poll
A potential No. 1 versus No. 2 matchup looms in college basketball’s first month following the release of the USA Today preseason coaches poll on Thursday.
The Kansas men’s basketball team is ranked second, behind only Duke, which received 27 of 32 first-place votes. The teams will play in the Champions Classic on Nov. 15 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
KU, which received a single first-place vote, was followed by Villanova, Kentucky and Oregon. The Jayhawks’ first opponent, Indiana, is ranked 12th.
Wichita State received 15 votes, the 37th-most amount.
West Virginia (18th) and Texas (22nd) were the other Big 12 teams in the poll, while Iowa State, Oklahoma and Kansas State received votes.
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USA Today Preseason Top 25
School (1sts) | Rec | Pts |
1. Duke (27) | 0-0 | 792 |
2. Kansas (1) | 0-0 | 721 |
3. Villanova (1) | 0-0 | 700 |
4. Kentucky (2) | 0-0 | 695 |
5. Oregon (1) | 0-0 | 620 |
6. North Carolina | 0-0 | 614 |
7. Virginia | 0-0 | 596 |
8. Xavier | 0-0 | 552 |
9. Michigan St. | 0-0 | 544 |
10. Wisconsin | 0-0 | 487 |
11. Arizona | 0-0 | 468 |
12. Indiana | 0-0 | 435 |
13. Gonzaga | 0-0 | 371 |
14. Louisville | 0-0 | 367 |
15. Purdue | 0-0 | 324 |
16. Connecticut | 0-0 | 239 |
17. Syracuse | 0-0 | 224 |
18. West Virginia | 0-0 | 204 |
19. Saint Mary's | 0-0 | 203 |
20. UCLA | 0-0 | 185 |
21. Maryland | 0-0 | 153 |
22. Texas | 0-0 | 124 |
23. Creighton | 0-0 | 113 |
24. Rhode Island | 0-0 | 85 |
25. Cincinnati | 0-0 | 75 |
Others: Florida St. 65, Iowa St. 56, California 43, Miami 35, Dayton 34, Oklahoma 33, Seton Hall 24, Texas A&M 22, Notre Dame 18, San Diego St. 17, Virginia Tech 16, Wichita St. 15, Butler 14, USC 14, Ohio St. 12, Colorado 11, Florida 11, Clemson 11, Michigan 10, Pittsburgh 7, Georgia 6, Yale 6, VCU 6, Chattanooga 5, Washington 4, Kansas St. 3, Nevada 3, Davidson 2, Valparaiso 2, Arkansas 2, Utah 1, SMU 1
This story was originally published October 20, 2016 at 12:08 PM with the headline "KU basketball No. 2 in preseason USA Today poll."