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Thursday, August 2
Updated: August 3, 2:47 PM ET
Duke Sizzles in Summer Rankings
ESPN.com
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From the ACC to the WAC, the ESPN.com Summer Preview should have you pretty much up to speed when it comes to the best teams, storylines and players entering the 2001-02 season.
But what would any preview be without a top 25? Even if the ranking is being done in August.
So with the disclaimer that all those below have the right to alter their top 25 come November (when said teams actually start looking good on the court instead of on paper), here is how the best in 2001-02 stack up according to ESPN.com's panel of experts.
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ESPN.com Summer Top 25 Rankings
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Andy Katz
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Dick Vitale
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Jay Bilas
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Joe Lunardi
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1. Duke
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1. Duke
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1. Duke
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1. Duke
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2. Maryland
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2. Maryland
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2. Maryland
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2. Florida
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3. UCLA
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3. Florida
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3. Kentucky
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3. Maryland
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4. Illinois
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4. Illinois
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4. Florida
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4. Kentucky
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5. Florida
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5. Kentucky
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5. Kansas
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5. UCLA
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6. Kentucky
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6. UCLA
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6. Illinois
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6. Illinois
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7. Missouri
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7. Kansas
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7. Virginia
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7. Missouri
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8. Kansas
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8. Memphis
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8. UCLA
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8. Kansas
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9. St. Joseph's
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9. Stanford
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9. Iowa
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9. St. Joseph's
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10. Iowa
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10. Missouri
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10. Georgetown
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10. Iowa
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11. Virginia
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11. Iowa
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11. St. Joseph's
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11. Boston College
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12. Georgetown
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12. Virginia
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12. Fresno State
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12. Virginia
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13. Temple
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13. Georgetown
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13. Temple
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13. Georgetown
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14. Memphis
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14. Fresno State
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14. Missouri
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14. Temple
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15. Oklahoma State
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15. St. Joseph's
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15. Cincinnati
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15. Connecticut
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16. Syracuse
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16. Temple
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16. North Carolina
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16. Gonzaga
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17. Fresno State
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17. Boston College
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17. Boston College
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17. Fresno State
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18. USC
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18. Michigan State
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18. Texas
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18. Memphis
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19. Boston College
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19. North Carolina
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19. Oklahoma
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19. Oklahoma State
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20. Gonzaga
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20. USC
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20. Michigan State
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20. Utah
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21. Connecticut
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21. Wake Forest
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21. Syracuse
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21. Indiana
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22. Michigan State
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22. Connecticut
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22. Stanford
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22. Mississippi
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23. Alabama
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23. Oklahoma State
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23. Oklahoma State
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23. Syracuse
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24. Stanford
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24. Alabama
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24. Mississippi
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24. Arizona
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25. Cincinnati
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25. Xavier
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25. Memphis
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25. Michigan State
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