University of Notre Dame LogoCanadianShadow's Ballot for Preseason of 2020-21

Submitted on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 10:28AM EST
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1 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga With one of the best offenses in the league last season, I predict Gonzaga will either go undefeated or have less than 3 losses this season.
2 Villanova University Logo Villanova I might be a little high on them right now, but Villanova will be one of the best this year.
3 Baylor University Logo Baylor Scott Drew is an amazing coach and will continue to do great things with this Baylor program
4 University of Iowa Logo Iowa Luka Garza will carry this team to a Big 10 championship
5 University of Virginia Logo Virginia Tony Bennett is one of my favorite coaches, and what he is able to do with his teams always surprises me. Look out for Virginia this year.
6 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois This team is big and this team can score. What more could you want?
7 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky Calipari is known for his One-And-Dones, but I don't know if it will be enough to get by the tough OOC this season.
8 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin You've heard of dunk city, now get ready for rebound city with the size of this roster. Madison, be ready for the best season in a long time
9 Creighton University Logo Creighton There are some excellent scorers on this team, and I think they will give Nova a run for their money.
10 University of Tennessee Logo Tennessee Just like Creighton, Tennessee will give Kentucky a run for their money in the SEC
11 Duke University Logo Duke I'd put Duke lower, but Krzyzewski is just such a good coach that I don't think they'll miss a beat.
12 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State Losing two players, but there's a lot of experience on the bench that other teams lack. Good chemistry will help them win games.
13 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia Maybe I'm really high on them right now, but WVU just looks like an extremely complete team on offense and defense right now
14 Arizona State University Logo Arizona State A favorite to win the Pac-12, ASU is returning two very high scorers along with a top ten and top 40 recruit.
15 University of Kansas Logo Kansas I said this all of last year: Without Dotson and Azibuike, Kansas will not succeed. I really don't think they will be as good as years past.
16 Texas Tech University Logo Texas Tech Tech's defense was shaky all of last season, and it's much harder to gauge how good a team will be defensively
17 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA High scoring and high rebounding, just how I like it.
18 Rutgers University Logo Rutgers Probably a little high on them at the moment, but they look scarier than last year.
19 Florida State University Logo Florida State Big guys and a deep roster, that's what florida state is good at and what they will continue to be good at this season.
20 Ohio State University Logo Ohio State Again, maybe a little high, but man does their team look like they are going to score a lot of points this year.
21 University of Florida Logo Florida Their defense looks to be exceptional this year, Tennessee and Kentucky should look out for them.
22 University of Houston Logo Houston The first non-Gonzaga non-P6 team is Houston, and for good reason. With a good OOC, they could sneak into the top 10 with ease.
23 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas Greg Brown is the only reason Texas is even relevant at the moment.
24 University of Oregon Logo Oregon Probably really low on Oregon, but their uncertainty about the team makes me think chemistry will be a problem this year
25 Louisiana State University Logo LSU Offense and Defense are looking mighty fine this year for the tigers.