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Nevada Las Vegas received overwhelming support as college basketball’s preseason No. 1 team in voting by the Associated Press as well as United Press International’s board of coaches.

The Runnin’ Rebels, who finished last season 29-8 and one victory shy of the Final Four, received 30 of 65 first-place votes and 1,555 points from the nationwide panel of sportswriters and broadcasters to easily outdistance Louisiana State for the top spot. Syracuse was No. 3.

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