College basketball rankings: Duke’s talented roster set to take center stage Thursday night

Florida is No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll, the Coaches poll, and in Thursday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings. But, right now, the Gators are not the favorite in the betting markets to win the 2027 NCAA Tournament.

Just take a look at Adam Finkelstein's latest 2027 NBA Mock Draft. Patrick Ngongba II is projected ninth. Dame Sarr is projected 13th. Cameron Williams is projected 17th — and he just came off of the Blue Devils' bench in Monday's 84-50 season-opening victory over Army.

That's three projected top-17 picks.

Beyond that, the Blue Devils have John Blackwell, a 6-foot-5 guard who averaged 19.1 points last season for a Wisconsin team that secured a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Then there's Cayden Boozer, a five-star prep recruit who started 11 games last season for a Duke team that finished 35-3. Then there's Caleb Foster, another former five-star who started 30 games for that same Duke team. Then there's Deron Rippey Jr., who was ranked 12th in the Class of 2026, according to 247Sports. And then there's Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje, the 17-year-old phenom who got 15 points, seven rebounds and…

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