Washington State University Logopeachios's Ballot for Preseason of 2020-21

Submitted on Monday, November 16, 2020 at 7:22PM EST
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1 Baylor University Logo Baylor top team from last year with top players and same coach returning. seems solid
2 Gonzaga University Logo Gonzaga west coast top tier mark few always has teams doing well nowadays and had a solid recruiting class too.
3 Villanova University Logo Villanova top tier coach with primarily their best players (except their actually best player) from a team that was heating up
4 University of Virginia Logo Virginia ended the year well after an iffy start (lol what offense?) but reigning champs (I guess) with an amazing coach and system
5 University of Kansas Logo 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 University of Iowa Logo 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 University of Wisconsin-Madison Logo 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 University Logo Duke so good players gone, but Coach K still here and its duke so a top 3 recruiting class. its duke basically
9 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Logo Illinois two best players returning. and some solid recruits as well as Underwood I think is a decent coach from the past
10 University of Kentucky Logo 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 University Logo Creighton an interesting big east contender, best player gone but the next 4 not? huh and mcdermitt has been solid for years
12 University of Tennessee Logo 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 University Logo 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 University Logo 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 University Logo 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Logo 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 University of Houston Logo 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 University Logo Florida State hamilton has done well and has what he normally wants tall athletic teams
19 University of Oregon Logo 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 University of Texas at Austin Logo Texas can shaka actually make his money instead of coasting off vcu from like 10 years ago or whatever.
21 Arizona State University Logo Arizona State 2 of the top 3 players back as well as a 5 start is unique for asu. and hurley seems good
22 University of California, Los Angeles Logo UCLA mick cronin does seem a good coach, we'll see if it stays consistent (doing well after the initial bad start)
23 Rutgers University Logo 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 University Logo Ohio State holtman has done well team was good last year and about half the "main crew" show up so thats good
25 University of Alabama Logo Alabama wasn't sure who to put here, indiana, lsu, michigan, louisville, florida, oklahoma state all exist (no order there)