Rank | Team | Reason |
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1 | Baylor | top team from last year with top players and same coach returning. seems solid |
2 | Gonzaga | west coast top tier mark few always has teams doing well nowadays and had a solid recruiting class too. |
3 | Villanova | top tier coach with primarily their best players (except their actually best player) from a team that was heating up |
4 | Virginia | ended the year well after an iffy start (lol what offense?) but reigning champs (I guess) with an amazing coach and system |
5 | Kansas | I dislike kansas in general (like they are my duke) but always very solid. odd how every team has a super solid coach! |
6 | Iowa | uh first one with a coach most wouldn't say is great. but with garza back and bohanon back too. OFFENSE! (kenpom has them at 12 cause def) |
7 | Wisconsin | wisconsin seemed bad early but a player quit and greg gard seems good able to coach, also I think buzzcut brad still exists somehow |
8 | Duke | so good players gone, but Coach K still here and its duke so a top 3 recruiting class. its duke basically |
9 | Illinois | two best players returning. and some solid recruits as well as Underwood I think is a decent coach from the past |
10 | Kentucky | almost a copy paste from duke, its kentucky best players are gone, coach cal is great, he recruits like a maniac as always |
11 | Creighton | an interesting big east contender, best player gone but the next 4 not? huh and mcdermitt has been solid for years |
12 | Tennessee | rick barnes just gets many recruits I guess, and coaches well enough. maybe not a tourney winner but good up until then |
13 | Texas Tech | chris beard has shown as one of the best coaches lately it seems, and got a betteer than normal class as well as some returnies/transfers |
14 | Michigan State | idk its tom izzo, they lost their top 2 and next year seems like their real go to year to dominate but should still be solid |
15 | West Virginia | huggy bear didn't finish strong, but they did do well in kenpom and are still doing so. top players return and their change is style is cool |
16 | North Carolina | hall of fame coach at a school that is never* bad, sign me up. as normal insane recruiting class (*well last year they were bad) |
17 | Houston | kelvin sampson seems a solid coach even tho kinda sketchy with the recruiting stuff. but this team seems solid to win the aac |
18 | Florida State | hamilton has done well and has what he normally wants tall athletic teams |
19 | Oregon | so their leader is gone, but Dana is a geat coach and recruiter and the pac12 is kinda weak so should look decent |
20 | Texas | can shaka actually make his money instead of coasting off vcu from like 10 years ago or whatever. |
21 | Arizona State | 2 of the top 3 players back as well as a 5 start is unique for asu. and hurley seems good |
22 | UCLA | mick cronin does seem a good coach, we'll see if it stays consistent (doing well after the initial bad start) |
23 | Rutgers | didnt actually know rutgers returned so many of their main guys, guess no one talks about them. hopefully actually make it to the tourney |
24 | Ohio State | holtman has done well team was good last year and about half the "main crew" show up so thats good |
25 | Alabama | wasn't sure who to put here, indiana, lsu, michigan, louisville, florida, oklahoma state all exist (no order there) |