Nacos2001's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Houston	Houston seems to always have a dominant defensive team and I think this year is no different. Think Sampson has a good chance at getting redemption and winning a title this year.
2	Florida	Impressive transfer guards and bigs that can defend really well. Excited to see what Condon can do on this team.
3	Purdue	AP #1 because of what they bring back, but I am more wary every year of ranking teams high just because they brought a lot back. .
4	BYU	Really high on this BYU team. Think they are going to be an absolute offensive juggernaut. Like the combo of Saunders & Dybantsa
5	UConn	Do not think this year will be a repeat of last year, this is a good team and I believe they will return to the top of college basketball.
6	Kentucky	$22,000,000 that's all.
7	Michigan	This team is being slightly underrated, I don't see them talked about much. This will be a very good Michigan team.
8	Duke	Duke is going to Duke. Will obviously not be anywhere close to last year's team but they will be top 10 throughout the year.
9	Louisville	Impressive turn around for Louisville the past couple years and I think this is the year they break into the second weekend.
10	Texas Tech	JT Toppin is my personal preseason NPOY, think he's an animal and will be dominant in the Big 12.
11	Arkansas	Kind of ehh on this team almost all because it is Cal coaching them. Great team on paper.
12	Illinois	Really like this Illinois team and Kenpom seems to as well. Really embraced the overseas players and interested to see how they do in Big 10 play.
13	St. John's	Much lower on this team than others. Just seems like a bunch of players that don't fit together tied together with a ribbon. I'm skeptical until proven otherwise. Can't wait for the bama game in MSG!
14	Arizona	This team will be at the top of the Big 12, need Bradley to take a step up tho.
15	North Carolina	Ok, hear me out on this one. I'm really high on this roster, I think this is a S16 caliber roster and significantly better than how they are being talked about.
16	Kansas	Another team I think isn't being talked about enough. #1 freshman recruit and Bill Self as head coach is exciting.
17	Iowa State	Will be another dominant defensive team, will need to make sure they have enough scorers tho.
18	UCLA	Admittedly don't know much about this team besides Dent, so we will have to see but they seem to have the pieces to be good. Also hate Cronin fuck that guy.
19	Tennessee	Do not think this will be one of Barnes best UT teams, Ament should be good but other than that I have my doubts.
20	NC State	Will Wade is a hell of a coach and I think his first year in Raleigh is going to be a successful one.
21	Creighton
22	Michigan State
23	Alabama	Not as high on this roster as the media seems to be. I don't see them being a top 15 team.
24	Ohio State	Metrics seem to like this team and this far down I start to lose grasp on rosters and expectations.
25	Auburn	This is almost only because of Pettiford, I'm not the biggest fan of the roster.

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