Monkey832's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Houston	#1 does feel a bit dodgy for Houston since they lost Shead but they have a lot of guys returning
2	Iowa State	Borderline #1
3	Kansas
4	Duke
5	Alabama
6	Gonzaga
7	UConn
8	Tennessee
9	Arizona
10	Auburn
11	Baylor
12	North Carolina
13	Texas A&M
14	Texas
15	Creighton
16	St. John's
17	Illinois
18	Purdue
19	Texas Tech
20	Marquette
21	Kentucky
22	Indiana
23	Rutgers
24	Michigan State
25	Georgia	Feeling good about the DAWGS this year. Went far in the NIT last year and I'm confident in Mike White. Got plenty of guys returning as well.

Overall Rationale

Next 5: Mississippi State, Arkansas, BYU, Saint Mary's, Wake Forest