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Men's college basketball in 2024: 68 bold predictions

jeff eisenberg

Senior writer

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The men’s college basketball season tips off Monday night with all but six AP Top 25 teams in action. To celebrate the start of the new season, here are 68 bold predictions that are sure to come true (unless they don’t).

1. Duke’s Cooper Flagg will be this college basketball season’s biggest story, bigger than Mark Pope trying to reinvigorate Kentucky, bigger than John Calipari’s fresh start at Arkansas, bigger than UConn’s bid for a historic three-peat. The presumed No. 1 pick in next year’s NBA Draft is the rare prospect capable of siphoning mainstream attention away from the NFL and enticing curious viewers to tune into college basketball before March.