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  Gonzaga is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25; UCLA, Kansas next	
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  by: AARON BEARD, Associated Press	
  Posted: Oct 18, 2021 / 12:01 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 19, 2021 / 12:07 AM EDT
  FILE – Gonzaga forward Drew Timme (2) celebrates with teammate guard Aaron Cook (4) after making a basket during the second half of a men’s Final Four NCAA college basketball tournament semifinal game against UCLA at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, in this Saturday, April 3, 2021, file photo. The Zags were the runaway top choice in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll released Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Gonzaga lost AP All-Americans Corey Kispert and Jalen Suggs to the NBA, but second-team selection Drew Timme (19.0 points, 7.0 rebounds) and starting guard Andrew Nembhard return. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
  Gonzaga carried a No. 1 ranking all last season before falling a win short of becoming college basketball’s first unbeaten national champion in 45 years.
  Mark Few’s Bulldogs start this season in the same position, hoping to complete that final step this time around.
  The Zags were the runaway top choice in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll released Monday. They earned 55 of 63 first-place votes to easily outdistance No. 2 UCLA, which earned the other eight. Kansas, Villanova and Texas rounded out the top five, while reigning national champion Baylor checked in at No. 8.
  The Zags have accomplished just about every milestone possible in 23 years under Few other than cutting down the nets on the final Monday night of the season. They came close to completing the first unbeaten run since 1976 last year with a wire-to-wire No. 1 team, only to fall to the Bears in a one-sided final in Indianapolis.
  Now they’ll try again.
  “It is quite an honor to be selected preseason No. 1 for the second consecutive year,” Few said in a statement to the AP. “Our returning players realize the challenge of playing up to that level all year and look forward to it.”
  Gonzaga lost AP All-Americans Corey Kispert and Jalen Suggs to the NBA, but second-team selection Drew Timme (19.0 points, 7.0 rebounds) and starting guard Andrew Nembhard return. The Zags also bring in a top recruiting class featuring the nation’s No. 1 overall recruit in 7-footer Chet Holmgren and a five-star guard in Hunter Sallis.
  Going back to the 2019-20 season, the Zags have now been ranked in the top three for 32 straight polls, with 22 of those at No. 1.
  THE TOP TIER
  Third-year coach Mick Cronin has UCLA on a fast climb.
  Leading scorer Johnny Juzang (16.0 ppg) headlines a Bruins roster that returns nearly intact after last year’s run from the First Four to the Final Four, where they lost to Gonzaga on a half-court shot in an overtime classic.
  They are starting with their first top-10 preseason ranking since 2009 and their first top-10 ranking in any AP poll since spending 13 weeks there during the 2016-17 season.
  “If we taught anybody anything last year,” Cronin said this month, “your seed or your ranking does not matter come tournament time.”
  Kansas has the program’s 10th straight preseason top-10 ranking, followed by the Wildcats and Longhorns, who open their first season under Chris Beard with the program’s highest preseason ranking since 2010.
  THE CHAMPS
  Baylor has a second straight top-10 preseason ranking despite losing four starters from last year’s title winner, including AP All-Americans Jared Butler and Davion Mitchell. The Bears will try to join Duke (1991-92) and Florida (2006-07) as the only schools to win consecutive titles since UCLA’s run of seven straight from 1967-73.
  “As we’ve talked with our team,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said, “we have a unique opportunity.”
  BLUEBLOODS BACK?
  Duke and Kentucky are starting with their typically high rankings after seasons unlike many in their tradition-rich histories.
  The ninth-ranked Blue Devils are playing the final season under retiring Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski. They’re coming off a 13-11 season that included missing the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1995.
  The 10th-ranked Wildcats are right behind them after a 9-16 season, the program’s first losing record since 1988-89.
  Then there’s North Carolina, which made the NCAA Tournament but was inconsistent all season and out of the Top 25 before Christmas. The Tar Heels open at No. 19 in their first season under Hubert Davis, promoted after the retirement of Hall of Famer Roy Williams in April.
  WELCOME BACK
  St. Bonaventure is ranked for the first time in more than five decades. The Bonnies from the Atlantic 10 are No. 23, marking the first time they have been ranked since January 1971. That season was also the last time the program was ranked in the preseason (No. 20).
  CONFERENCE WATCH
  The Big Ten and Southeastern conferences have a national-best five ranked teams each.
  The Big Ten has No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Purdue, No. 11 Illinois, No. 17 Ohio State and No. 21 Maryland. The SEC has No. 14 Alabama, No. 16 Arkansas, No. 18 Tennessee and No. 22 Auburn joining Kentucky.
  The ACC is next up with four, with No. 20 Florida State and No. 25 Virginia joining Duke and UNC. The Big 12 has its Kansas-Texas-Baylor trio, while the Pac-12 (UCLA and No. 13 Oregon), Big East (Villanova and No. 24 Connecticut) and American Athletic Conference (No. 12 Memphis and No. 15 Houston) are the others with multiple Top 25 teams.
  WATCH LIST
  The top unranked teams are all from power conferences, headlined by Michigan State as the leading vote-getter. Next up is Indiana under first-year coach Mike Woodson, Southern California and Arizona under new coach Tommy Lloyd.
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  AP Sports Writer Stephen Hawkins contributed to this report.
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  by Andy Koval, Nexstar Media Wire / Dec 7, 2021
  DELPHI, Ind. (WGN) — Nearly five years after the killings of Abigail Williams and Liberty German on a trail in Delphi, Indiana, authorities have issued a major update hoping the public can help find the person behind a fake online account.
  On Feb. 13, 2017, Williams and German disappeared while hiking near the Monon High Bridge. The following day, their bodies were discovered. Police later released a surveillance picture and audio of the suspect; a man wearing blue jeans, a blue coat, and a hoodie.
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  Everything about the great Christmas tree shortage is a lie
  by Alix Martichoux, Nexstar Media Wire / Dec 7, 2021
  (NEXSTAR) – You remember the great Christmas tree shortage of 2020? No? Well, perhaps you'll recall the shortage of 2019. What about 2018? Or 2017?
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