billsnewera's Ballot for Preseason of 2017-18
Submitted on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 7:34PM EDT
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Duke
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Bagley is exciting, Grayson's play will determine if this is a top-5 team or a top-1 team |
| 2 |
Arizona
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| 3 |
Kansas
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Bring back the border war!! |
| 4 |
Michigan State
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MSU will have to establish itself above that mushy middleground in the B1G |
| 5 |
Kentucky
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| 6 |
Wichita State
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I don't think 18-0 in the AAC is in the cards, but Wichita is its best team by a longshot |
| 7 |
Villanova
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Cats are really going to have to trust the process this year with only 1 game on campus |
| 8 |
Florida
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| 9 |
USC
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It's been 14 years since USC has been ranked higher than UCLA in the Pac-12 preseason poll |
| 10 |
Louisville
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The talent is still there for 17-18 but this team will be lucky to last in the top ten |
| 11 |
North Carolina
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| 12 |
Notre Dame
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Should once again be the silent but deadly ACC team nobody talks about |
| 13 |
Cincinnati
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| 14 |
Northwestern
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Finally they crack the tournament field, and you move their conference tourney up a week? |
| 15 |
Miami (FL)
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| 16 |
West Virginia
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| 17 |
Minnesota
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| 18 |
Alabama
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Roll tide |
| 19 |
Gonzaga
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The easiest conference to project is a little tougher this year with a strong SMC team and a young Zags team |
| 20 |
Baylor
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| 21 |
Xavier
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Xavier, Seton Hall, and Providence will have to count on Big East cannibalism if they hope to catch Nova |
| 22 |
Saint Mary's
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Jock Landale should be on ESPN2 every Saturday |
| 23 |
UCLA
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| 24 |
Seton Hall
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| 25 |
Purdue
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Also considered: URI, Providence, Wisconsin, Virginia, Va Tech, Creighton |