Western Michigan University LogoShiftz's Ballot for Preseason of 2016-17

Submitted on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 1:08PM EDT
RankTeamReason
1 Duke University Logo Duke Grayson Allen and company come back only losing Ingram, but with a great recruiting class, if Tatum and Giles stay healthy I expect a 1 seed
2 University of Kentucky Logo Kentucky I'm higher on Kentucky than most having watched them scrimmage, I see the young athletic wild cats developing
3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo North Carolina The 2nd best team in the ACC, UNC has Berry and Jackson back to lead the team with scoring, but I'm most impressed with the guys stepping up
4 University of Kansas Logo Kansas I think Kansas will have early season growing pains do to the loss of their seniors
5 University of Oregon Logo Oregon Oregon impressed last year, and only 1 of their top 4 scorers are gone, I look for them to build a similar year.
6 Villanova University Logo Villanova While impressed with Hart, Jenkins, and Brunson, I need to see how their front court works out without Ochefu
7 University of Virginia Logo Virginia If they still had Brogdon this team would be dangerous, without him they still are, someone needs to step up and be their scorer, Perrantes
8 Michigan State University Logo Michigan State I love Bridges, I think he'll be a major impact freshman, I've watched him through high school, one reason I see them being good
9 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo Wisconsin 2 vet seniors lead this team, they are experienced and I think could be a potential final four team if all lines up, but lack the star
10 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga This is my only question mark team. They lose 2 of the best players in their program history, how will they respond? I predict well with Few
11 Indiana University Bloomington Logo Indiana
12 Xavier University Logo Xavier
13 Purdue University Logo Purdue
14 University of Connecticut Logo UConn
15 University of Arizona Logo Arizona
16 University of Maryland, College Park Logo Maryland
17 University of Louisville Logo Louisville
18 West Virginia University Logo West Virginia
19 Saint Mary's College of California Logo Saint Mary's
20 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas
21 Syracuse University Logo Syracuse
22 University of Rhode Island Logo URI
23 University of Cincinnati Logo Cincinnati
24 Creighton University Logo Creighton
25 Florida State University Logo Florida State