JamesBCrazy's Ballot for Preseason of 2017-18
Submitted on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 3:35AM EDT
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Michigan State
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It's that time of year again, when we try to furiously justify our pre-season rankings to each other! |
| 2 |
Kentucky
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Honestly, this entire thing is just going to be based on gut feelings. I have no clue who's actually the strongest of the top 4 right now. |
| 3 |
Kansas
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The good thing is that we have a ton of high-quality matchups going on in November, including the Champions Classic. |
| 4 |
Duke
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The winners in the Champions Classic will likely get #1/#2 for the first few weeks unless disaster strikes elsewhere. |
| 5 |
Villanova
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Isn't the 140-character limit annoying? By the way, I'm filling this out on October 19, so things might be different in a few weeks. |
| 6 |
USC
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Also, inline flairs are broken on the subreddit for me for some reason, and USC's flair displays as USF. I wonder why that is. |
| 7 |
Florida
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| 8 |
Arizona
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See? Not Arizona State. I'm sober this time. So stop reminding me of that incident every time I mention them. |
| 9 |
Miami (FL)
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| 10 |
Minnesota
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| 11 |
Notre Dame
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| 12 |
Wichita State
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| 13 |
North Carolina
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This is probably a bit too low. My primary concern is the team falling apart under pressure with a freshman class I believe to be overrated. |
| 14 |
West Virginia
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| 15 |
Purdue
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| 16 |
Cincinnati
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| 17 |
Louisville
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I own a misspelled "Lousiville" shirt. If only they put the same amount into shirts as they put into bribes. |
| 18 |
Xavier
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| 19 |
Gonzaga
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| 20 |
Alabama
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20-35 is a crapshoot right now. |
| 21 |
Baylor
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| 22 |
Saint Mary's
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| 23 |
UCLA
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| 24 |
URI
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26 A&M, 27 Seton Hall, 28 Northwestern, 29 Maryland, 30 Virginia, 31 Butler, 32 SMU, 33 Mizzou, 34 Oregon, 35 Michigan. |
| 25 |
TCU
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Snubs: Texas, Oklahoma, Creighton. I also wanted to put Harvard/Princeton/UConn in because northeast bias, but I decided not to. |