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Kentucky named top coaching job in men's college basketball

Kentucky has been named the No. 1 men’s basketball coaching job in the nation by The Athletic.

In a ranking published by college basketball analyst Seth Davis, Kentucky came in at No. 1, followed by North Carolina (No. 2), Duke (No. 3), Kansas (No. 4) and UCLA (No. 5). Davis added that a “clear top five starts with Kentucky.”

The Athletic surveyed 60 people by text message to ask for their top five head coaching jobs, with voters being head coaches, assistants, agents and search firm executives. UK came in as the clear No.