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Olympic Fan
03-14-2016, 06:36 PM
The final AP poll is out and Duke finishes at No. 19:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings

That snaps a streak of eight straight top 10 finishes and 16 of the last 17 years in the top 10.

Still, No. 19 is the 30th time in 35 seasons that K's Duke teams have been ranked in the final AP poll. He missed in his first three seasons (1981-83), in 1996 and in 2007.

He's finished in the top 10 23 times (Note: Duke had nine top 10 finishes before Coach K arrived).

... now seven times between 11-19 (six in that range at Duke before his arrival)

Remarkable level of consistency.

Duke is No. 20 in this week's coaches' poll, but that's not the final vote in that one -- they have a post-NCAA ranking every year,.