Does Duke deserve a No. 4 ranking?

Arizona Wildcats Basketball


Duke has a great college basketball program. So does Arizona.

No doubt about it.

But if Arizona had six losses at this point of the season, would the Wildcats still be ranked in the top 10?  I doubt it. Duke is ranked fourth this week in the AP Poll, behind No.1 Florida, No. 2 Wichita State and No. 3 Arizona.

Duke will continue to get the respect -- that East Coast bias raises its ugly head time and time again. Arizona will get the respect it deserves only after the Wildcats reach the Final Four and win the darn thing.