Cwebfan23's Ballot for Preseason of 2016-17| Rank | Team | Reason |
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| 1 |
Duke
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Its gross, but they are the obvious number 1 for now |
| 2 |
Kansas
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| 3 |
Villanova
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Defending Champs going for the repeat this year |
| 4 |
Oregon
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Ducks bring back most of their team from last year, and add a solid recruiting class. |
| 5 |
Kentucky
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The Young Cats are back towards the top again |
| 6 |
Virginia
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This team will kill you very slowly. Its agonizing. |
| 7 |
North Carolina
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National runner ups from a year ago will try and go all the way, will be tough though |
| 8 |
Xavier
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| 9 |
Wisconsin
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This teams got a lot of experience, could definitely win it all this year |
| 10 |
Michigan State
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Tom Izzo's teams are always good, thats all that needs to be said |
| 11 |
Gonzaga
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This team has the right mix of returning players and incoming transfers to be really really good |
| 12 |
Arizona
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| 13 |
Louisville
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| 14 |
Indiana
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| 15 |
Syracuse
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| 16 |
Saint Mary's
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| 17 |
West Virginia
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| 18 |
UConn
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| 19 |
Creighton
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| 20 |
Purdue
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| 21 |
Texas
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| 22 |
Iowa State
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| 23 |
URI
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| 24 |
Maryland
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| 25 |
Dayton
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