njhokie5's Ballot for Preseason of 2017-18
Submitted on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 9:13AM EDT
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Michigan State
|
Love Izzo and think Bridges is the best player in the country. |
| 2 |
Duke
|
Keep Grayson Allen, lose a ton of big names but of course because it's Duke bring in a load of top quality recruits. |
| 3 |
Kansas
|
No Frank Mason, but Kansas always manages to lose stars and create new ones quick. I think the chemistry will fill in quickly. |
| 4 |
Villanova
|
I'm a Big East guy. I think Jalen Brunson is Big East player of the year and they still have some dangerous pieces. DiVincenzo can score. |
| 5 |
Arizona
|
Dropped them a little because of some drama that went on with Jahvon Quinerly. Alkins isn't gonna be healthy to start the year hurts them. |
| 6 |
Kentucky
|
As usual mostly 5 star freshmen. Could be amazing could take months to learn to play together. Still like their upside. |
| 7 |
North Carolina
|
Joel Berry prob out 1-2 games, but beginning of the season matters. Need to get a hot start, raining champions so still highly ranked for me |
| 8 |
Cincinnati
|
Buying high on Cincy. They play in a weaker conference, sorry but it's true. If they can roll through their OOC they're deadly. |
| 9 |
Florida
|
Florida should be back this year. Didn't have a bad year, but will really shine this year and give UK some SEC competition. |
| 10 |
West Virginia
|
At the beginning of a season always go with coaches to help a guess at the top 25. Huggins can make diamonds out of crap, but WVU has talent |
| 11 |
Wichita State
|
Returning a lot, new conference, tons of unknowns. I'm not buying just yet would love to eat my words and put them top 10 after a few weeks. |
| 12 |
Notre Dame
|
Bonzi Colson, Matt Farrell, Rex Pflueger, and of course Mike Brey. This team will score the 3 and rebound with the best of them. |
| 13 |
Minnesota
|
The little Pitino is coming off a strong year and I think they'll only get better. Amir Coffey is my favorite. He is scary good in iso sets. |
| 14 |
Seton Hall
|
Delgado is the best big man college basketball has seen in a long time. They return most of their team that is a final four sleeper for me. |
| 15 |
Purdue
|
#15 because they're always 15th. They are the perfect mid top 25 team every year and every week haha. |
| 16 |
Gonzaga
|
Lost the finals, lost a lot of talent, but still think it's Gonzaga and they have enough coming in to emerge again. |
| 17 |
USC
|
Good mixture of underclassmen with upper classmen. If the chemistry is there the PAC will be fun. |
| 18 |
Miami (FL)
|
ACC basketball is ACC basketball. I dropped them a little because of Laranaga stuff going on could cause distractions. |
| 19 |
Xavier
|
Sean Omara running the offense. JP Macura scoring the 3 and Trevon Bluiett in the running for Big East POY. Good coaching as well with Mack. |
| 20 |
Northwestern
|
1 hit wonder or a future wrecking force? Time will tell, can't wait to follow them again after a historic year. |
| 21 |
UCLA
|
Lost a lot and that will hurt them. |
| 22 |
Virginia
|
Can't have a top 25 without the most consistently ranked team. Hate Kyle Guy but he's a scorer and I think Jack Salt will be solid. |
| 23 |
Louisville
|
God only knows, could be #23 could be dead last with all the nonsense. |
| 24 |
Providence
|
Like I said go with coaches at the beginning of a toss up ranking top 25. Cooley has the experience and the talent as usual. |
| 25 |
Alabama
|
Avery Johnson has finally brought in the talent and has shown he's a great coach early in his career. Let's see if they're the real deal. |