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Duke had three of its highly touted freshman go down with injuries, yet still managed to win four games and take another Top 10 team to overtime. Toy Story Sale .The question now is, will that loss knock the Blue Devils from the top spot in Mondays AP Top 25?The case for No. 1: Duke (4-1) beat No. 21 Rhode Island by 10, rolled over three other opponents and lost by two to No. 7 Kansas in overtime. The Blue Devils did it with freshmen Harry Giles, Jayson Tatum and Marques Bolden all out with injuries, so imagine what they can do when everyone is healthy.The case against No. 1: No. 3 Kentucky (3-0) and No. 3 Villanova (4-0) are still undefeated and both have wins over Top 25 teams. The Wildcats survived a grinding game against No. 13 Michigan State to win by 21 and the defending champion Wildcats held off No. 15 Purdue by three behind preseason All-American Josh Harts array of big shots. Either team could be a legitimate choice for No. 1 and the Blue Devils had another injury against Penn State last week when junior Chase Jeter sprained his right ankle, leaving them even more vulnerable.When were healthy were going to have a lot of good players, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. Right now, we have a lot fewer.It will be up to the poll voters to decide whether Dukes injuries should be a factor in deciding a No. 1 team or if, after a week and a half, its already time for someone else to get a turn.Tune in Monday.---DILLONS DUCKSPut No. 4 Oregon in the same category as the Blue Devils.The Ducks moved up a spot from the preseason poll, but lost 66-49 to unranked Baylor after struggling in the second half.The caveat is that preseason All-American Dillon Brooks has yet to play this season.The do-it-all guard is still recovering from offseason foot surgery and left the Ducks with a big early-season hole in their lineup. Oregon coach Dana Altman said Brooks could play some at the Maui Invitational this week.Oregon will fall at least a few spots in the upcoming poll, but its tough to say are far.---HIGHLIGHT REELThe first two weeks of the season have been filled with some fantastic dunks already.This one by Villanovas Jalen Brunson against Wake Forest has to be up there among the best.---MASON RISESA big theme heading into the season was the stellar class of freshmen across the country.A senior from the Midwest is making a lot waves and put himself in the early conversation for national player of the year.Kansas guard Frank Mason III has been superb through the seasons first two weeks, averaging 23 points, 5.7 assists and 4.7 rebounds. He scored 30 points against Indiana, including the final 11, then hit the game-winning shot with 1.8 seconds left in overtime against Duke to cap a 21-point night.I think the NBA is missing the boat on him, Kansas coach Bill Self said. I think he doesnt fit the eye test with length and standing height and that kind of stuff, but hes got some things you cant teach, and intangibles that are as good as anybody in American probably possesses.---FRESHMAN WATCHLonzo Ball, UCLA. The predictions for Balls impact seemed to be a bit exaggerated when he arrived in Westwood with so much hype.Its only been three games, but maybe there wasnt enough hype.The 6-foot-6 guard from nearby Chino Hills had a superb college debut, finishing with 19 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds in a blowout win over Pacific.Ball is averaging close to a triple-double so far, with 15 points, 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game. Keep that up and hell be in the national POY conversation as well.---RHODY RISESRhode Island was No. 23 in the AP preseason Top 25, its first time being ranked since 1998-99.The Rams may end up staying there all season.With four starters and E.C. 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"It is still taking a little time to sink in what Ive achieved this week as was the case when I won the FedEx Cup but then it just kept getting better and better as the days went on and I am sure this will be the same," he said. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- With their major league-worst 102nd loss, Twins matched their most since moving to Minnesota for the 1961 season.Kendrys Morales and Alex Gordon keyed an eighth-inning rally and the Kansas City Royals beat the Twins 5-2 on Wednesday night. Still, the defending World Series champions were eliminated from postseason contention with Baltimores win at Toronto.Minnesota lost for the 10th time in 11 games and matched the 1982 Twins for the teams most losses since the move. With two more defeats, the club would have its most since the 1949 Washington Senators finished 50-104.Were trying to win games, but its becoming difficult, Twins right-hander Ervin Santana said. We forgot about the little things. Its a game. You just have to prepare to be better for the next year.Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer off Santana in the third, but the Twins tied it in the sixth when Kennys Vargas homered with Miguel Sano aboard.The Vargas homer snapped a Twins streak of 106 innings without multiple runs, then longest since the Philadelphia Phillies went 109 innings in 1942, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.We just kind of stagnated from there, Twins manager Paul Molitor said.Santana finished with a 3.375 ERA, the second-best of his career, but won only seven games.His innings are up, ERA was down, Molitor said. He gave us a chance more times than not. He competed and he tried to hang in there on a team that has lost a lot of games and continued to go out there and try to be professional about it. He can stand tall. There are no shortcomings there, an ERA in the 3.3s.Its just unfortunate, and we talked about it before, we gave some games away that he pitched, maybe not playing good enough defeense or backing him up offensively. Air Max 87 Sale. But if I was Ervin Santana I would feel good about what I contributed and trying to give his best from day one all the way through to his last start.Kendrys Morales ground-rule double to right scored Jarrod Dyson, who had doubled and stole third. Gordons single scored Whit Merrifield and pinch-runner Billy Burns.Taylor Rogers (3-1), the fourth of five Twins pitchers, took the loss after allowing three runs, three hits and two walks while retiring only one of the six batters.Joakim Soria (5-8) worked a scoreless eighth, and Wade Davis got his 27th save in 30 chances.Royals left-hander Jason Vargas allowed four hits in five shutout innings, leaving with a 2-0 lead in his third start since Tommy John surgery in 2015. Vargas finished with a 2.25 ERA, allowing three runs and eight hits while striking out 11 and walking three in 12 innings.Kansas City did not get another hit after Hosmers third inning homer until Dysons one-out double in the eighth.0 for KCMinnesota dropped to 0-9 at Kauffman Stadium, their first winless season at Kansas City.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: 1B Joe Mauer (hamstring injury) did not play.Royals: OF Lorenzo Cain, who has appeared in one game in September because of left wrist inflammation, will not play again this season. There is no need to push him, Royals manager Ned Yost said.UP NEXTTwins: RHP Kyle Gibson, who went to the University of Missouri, will make his 11th career start against the Royals on Thursday.Royals: LHP Danny Duffy is 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA in three outings against the Twins this season. ' ' '