peachios's Ballot for Preseason of 2020-21
Submitted on Monday, November 16, 2020 at 7:22PM EST
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |