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BRISTOL, CONN. -- The Duke men’s basketball program was named the top program of the last 10 years by ESPN.com on Monday. The Top 10 lists are an aggregate of the individual ballots from five ESPN/ESPN.com basketball experts (Jay Bilas, Pat Forde, Andy Glockner, Andy Katz and Joe Lunardi). Duke claimed a pair of first place votes and was voted no lower than third in any of the five ballots.

After Duke in the top spot, Michigan State and Connecticut tied for second with Florida fourth overall. Kansas and North Carolina tied for fifth with Kentucky seventh and Arizona eighth. Maryland and Syracuse round out the list at ninth and 10th, respectively. Glockner and Lunardi gave Duke first place votes, while Katz rated the Blue Devils second overall. Bilas and Forde ranked Duke third. Michigan State, Connecticut and Florida also claimed first place votes.

Duke has won 302 games over the last 10 years, the most in the NCAA over that period. The program has claimed six ACC regular season titles, seven league tournament championships and the 2001 National Championship. Duke has finished as the No. 1 team in the AP poll in five of the 10 years and been ranked among the top 10 in the final RPI nine times. The Blue Devils have also had six National Players of the Year, eight consensus first team All-Americas and three Academic All-Americas since the 1997-98 season. In addition, Duke has had nine NBA lottery picks in the last 10 years.