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National Player of the Year Race Check-In: Top 10 Early-Season Candidates

We’re just seven weeks into the 2018–19 college hoops season, with more than three months to go until a champion is crowned at the Final Four in Minneapolis on April 8. But the prelude to conference play has already generated plenty of eye-popping performances, from freshman dominance in Durham to a perfect season in Ann Arbor. So with such a large slate of impressive efforts early in the year, which players can you expect to see in National Player of the Year contention come April? We break down the top 10 candidates, highlighted by a pair of Blue Devils at the top.