Despite suffering their first loss of the season on Tuesday, the Duke Blue Devils grabbed the last spot within the top 10 of the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll on Monday.
Head coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] and his team obliterated Wofford at Cameron Indoor Stadium over the weekend, but the performance won’t be enough to erase lingering doubts created by the midweek defeat. The Kentucky Wildcats outscored Duke 24-11 over the final 10 minutes to steal a 77-72 win, and superstar freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] turned the ball over twice on the last two possessions after scoring 26 points.
If Scheyer and the Blue Devils want a chance to erase that memory from all the voters, however, they’ll have chances over the next week. Duke’s next two opponents both sit within the top 20 with Arizona at No. 17 and the Kansas Jayhawks still in the top spot.
Check out the complete results of this week’s coaches poll below:
| Rank | Team | Record | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | 4-0 | 665 (21) |
| 2 | UConn | 3-0 | 632 (3) |
| 3 | Auburn | 3-0 | 608 (2) |
| 4 | Gonzaga | 3-0 | 599 (1) |
| 5 | Iowa State | 2-0 | 516 |
| 6 | Purdue | 4-0 | 513 |
| 7 | Houston | 2-1 | 470 |
| 7 | Alabama | 3-1 | 470 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 4-0 | 462 |
| 10 | Duke | 3-1 | 421 |
| 11 | Kentucky | 3-0 | 381 |
| 12 | North Carolina | 2-1 | 377 |
| 13 | Creighton | 4-0 | 348 |
| 14 | Marquette | 4-0 | 319 |
| 15 | Baylor | 3-1 | 313 |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 3-0 | 229 |
| 17 | Arizona | 2-1 | 228 |
| 18 | Indiana | 3-0 | 208 |
| 19 | Florida | 4-0 | 168 |
| 20 | Illinois | 3-0 | 133 |
| 21 | St. John’s | 4-0 | 119 |
| 22 | Texas Tech | 3-0 | 95 |
| 23 | Texas A&M | 3-1 | 94 |
| 24 | Arkansas | 2-1 | 82 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 4-0 | 75 |
Dropped Out
No. 22 Ohio State; No. 24 Rutgers
Receiving Votes
Rutgers 56; Xavier 43; Ole Miss 39; BYU 28; Saint Mary’s 18; Pittsburgh 18; Texas 14; Michigan State 9; Mississippi State 5; Oregon 4; Nevada 4; Ohio State 3; Dayton 3; Wake Forest 2; VCU 2; UCF 2