Kansas continues to be a popular choice for preseason No. 1 team in the country heading into the 2018-19 college basketball season.
NBCsports.com updated its rankings this week and, like ESPN.com, CBSsports.com, USA Today, Sporting News and Yahoo Sports, lists KU as the preseason favorite to win the 2019 national title.
“Losing Devonté Graham is a major, major blow for this program, but they had as much talent sitting out this season as any program in college basketball,” writes Rob Dauster of NBC Sports. “Cal transfer Charlie Moore should be able to step in and handle the point guard duties — if that role isn’t taken over by Devon Dotson — while Dedric Lawson and K.