Duke tops AP’s first regular-season poll

Duke is No. 1 in The Associated Press’ first regular-season men’s poll of 2017-18. The Blue Devils were No. 1 in the preseason poll and received 34 of 65 first-place votes from a national media panel in the AP Top 25 released Monday after winning their first two games.

No. 2 Michigan State received 13 first-place votes, No. 3 Arizona got 16 and No. 4 Kansas had 2. Duke had 33 first-place votes in the preseason poll.

Villanova moved up one spot to No. 5, with Wichita State, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina and USC rounding out the top 10.

In the women’s poll, UConn again received all 32 votes to stay No. 1. Monday’s Top 25 games

■ (At) No. 6 Wichita State 81, College of Charleston 63: Shaquille Morris had 18 points and 10 rebounds in just 22 minutes to lead the Shockers (2-0) past the Cougars (1-1).

■ (At) No. 8 Florida 116, Gardner-Webb 77: Egor Koulechov scored 34 points in his Florida debut to lead the Gators (1-0) past the Bulldogs (0-2).

■ No. 10 USC vs. North Dakota State: Late

■ (At) No. 12 Cincinnati 112, Western Carolina 51: Jarron Cumberland scored 20 points as the Bearcats (2-0) beat the Catamounts (0-2).

■ (At) No. 13 Notre Dame 88, Mount St. Mary’s 62: Bonzie Colson had 27 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks to lead the Irish (2-0) past the Mountaineers (0-2).

■ No. 14 Minnesota 86, (at) Providence 74: Jordan Murphy scored 23 points as the Gophers (2-0) beat the Friars (1-1).

■ (At) No. 15 Xavier 101, Rider 75: Trevon Bluiett had 26 points and nine rebounds to lead the Musketeers (2-0) past the Broncs (1-1).

■ (At) No. 20 Northwestern 75, St. Peter’s 66: Bryant McIntosh scored 17 points as the Wildcats (2-0) shook off 17 turnovers to hold off the Peacocks ((0-2).

■ No. 21 Saint Mary’s vs. New Mexico State: Late

■ (At) No. 25 Baylor 70, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 46: Manu Lecomte scored 23 points to lead the Bears (2-0) past the Islanders (1-1).

Noteworthy: Former Old Dominion and Fayetteville State coach Jeff Capel Jr. died Monday in Fayetteville, N.C., of ALS. He was 64. His son is Duke associate head coach Jeff Capel III.