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The season hasn’t started and Kentucky basketball has already caught a break

Don’t be mad, be glad.

So the voters in the Associated Press college basketball poll chose to ignore John Calipari’s continued recruiting excellence, the addition of Reid Travis and the way the Cats breezed in the Bahamas and instead tabbed Kansas as the nation’s No. 1 team heading into the 2018-19 season.

Pride aside, if you are a Kentucky basketball fan, that’s a good thing.

After all, since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, only six teams ranked No. 1 at the start of the season got to take home the championship trophy at the end of the season.