PotassiumPills's Ballot for Preseason of 2019-20
Submitted on Monday, October 21, 2019 at 9:03PM EDT
FYI: This is a provisional ballot. It does not count towards this poll's results.
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Michigan State
|
tons of returning talent, tons of incoming talent, made final four last year |
| 2 |
Louisville
|
similar to michigan state, albeit with less success in the tourney last year |
| 3 |
Kentucky
|
monster recruiting class, moderate tourney success last year |
| 4 |
Duke
|
another strong recruiting class, made elite eight |
| 5 |
Kansas
|
added a ton of depth and is absolutely loaded at the front |
| 6 |
Villanova
|
returns a lot of key players, strong recruiting class, even year |
| 7 |
Gonzaga
|
returns killian tillie and kispert who will be key to their success, coming off of an elite 8 run |
| 8 |
North Carolina
|
brings in cole anthony and other talent to go around him |
| 9 |
Oregon
|
tons of returning players including prichard, and has a top 5 recruiting class |
| 10 |
Virginia
|
lot of question marks, but coming off of a championship and bringing in a gem of a recruiting class |
| 11 |
Florida
|
the addition of blackshear combined with lots of returning players should make florida good, mediocre season last year |
| 12 |
Seton Hall
|
returns myles powell, which will make seton hall scary |
| 13 |
Ohio State
|
returns kaleb wesson and several other key starters, was scary last year when healthy |
| 14 |
Memphis
|
they're bringing in the number one recruiting class, however very few key starters |
| 15 |
Maryland
|
tons of returning and new talent, however turgeon is a roadblock |
| 16 |
Texas Tech
|
coming off a title game appearance, lose a lot of key starters but bringing in considerable talent and returns moretti |
| 17 |
Xavier
|
tons of incoming talent, battle tested returning players |
| 18 |
Utah State
|
returns one of the best players in the league in sam merrill, along with a lot of team retention |
| 19 |
Washington
|
tons of incoming talent and key returning players |
| 20 |
Saint Mary's
|
retains nearly their entire squad from last year, who made a surprise tournament run |
| 21 |
VCU
|
tons of returning players, retaining a very strong defensive team |
| 22 |
Purdue
|
lots of question marks, but should have enough talent to stay ranked |
| 23 |
Baylor
|
lots of question marks, but have a decent amount of returning players from a tournament team |
| 24 |
Auburn
|
lots of question marks, but have lots of talent and coming off of a final four run |
| 25 |
Wichita State
|
tons of battle tested returning players along with a loaded recruiting class, looked good at the end of last year |