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Duke and Houston retained their respective spots at No. 1 and No. 2 in the latest AP Top 25 college basketball poll released Monday for a second consecutive week. Duke earned 49 first-place votes on the heels of winning the ACC championship,

The Blue Devils completed its ACC title run despite losing freshman star Cooper Flagg (ankle) and versatile defender Maliq Brown (shoulder) to injuries in the quarterfinals. Scheyer has said he’s optimistic Flagg will be ready to go for the first round of the NCAAs, with the Blue Devils headlining the East Region.

Duke leads our annual ranking of title contenders — ordered from most to least likely to snip the nets in San Antonio.

A day after being honored with the highest overall seed in the NCAA tournament, Auburn basketball ranked No. 4 in the final AP poll before the postseason.

The final AP poll before the NCAA Tournament just dropped, and Michigan State basketball fell one spot down to No. 8 after their Big Ten Tournament loss to Wisconsin. Interestingly, the associated press had Michigan State one spot lower than the Spartans' position in the NCAA Tournament field,