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Duke Zooms To #1 In New AP Poll

By JD King

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NCAA Basketball: Army at Duke
Nov 11, 2018; Durham, NC, USA; Army Black Knights guard Tucker Blackwell (11) throws a pass from his back against Duke Blue Devils forward R.J. Barrett (5) during the second half at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils won 94-72.
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After last week’s astonishing performance vs. #2 Kentucky, Duke moved from #4 to #1, jumping past Kansas to take the top spot despite Kansas not having lost.

This doesn’t happen very often but when it does, it tends to involve Kentucky and/or UNC for some reason, according to Adam Zagoria.

In 1977-78, UK moved past UNC to become #1. In 1980-81, DePaul did it to Kentucky and in 1983-84, UNC pulled past UK to become #1.

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