Michigan Starts Off No. 1 in Basketball
From Staff and Wire Reports
The Michigan Wolverines, who lost to Duke in the NCAA title game with five freshman starters last season, will begin this season as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press college basketball poll.
Kansas, Duke, Indiana and Kentucky round out the top five. UCLA is ranked No. 24.
Michigan received 23 of the 65 first-place votes and 1,536 points from the voting sportswriters and broadcasters.
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