Xavier University LogoDuhawk's Ballot for Preseason of 2016-17

Submitted on Monday, October 31, 2016 at 9:04AM EDT
RankTeamReason
1 Duke University Logo Duke Nice, I got picked! I can no longer hide behind the veil of "It's a provisional, whatever" Looking forward to the season!
2 University of Kansas Logo Kansas
3 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky
4 Villanova University Logo Villanova
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina
6 University of Oregon Logo Oregon
7 University of Virginia Logo Virginia
8 Xavier University Logo Xavier
9 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana
10 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin And the next handful is where basically each team could be substituted. Preseason rankings are tough...
11 University of Louisville Logo Louisville
12 University of Arizona Logo Arizona
13 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State
14 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse
15 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia
16 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga
17 Purdue University Logo Purdue
18 Creighton University Logo Creighton
19 University of Rhode Island Logo URI
20 University of Connecticut Logo UConn
21 Iowa State University Logo Iowa State
22 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's
23 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland
24 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas
25 Butler University Logo Butler I'll do 26-30 down the road, but preseason rankings are tough enough as it is.