MainPeanut25's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | Great transfers and underrated pieces |
| 2 | Purdue | This has to be Smith/Loyer’s last year, right? |
| 3 | UConn | I bet Dan Hurley and Joe Mazzula would be best friends |
| 4 | BYU | That Romney money gonna make them the next blue blood |
| 5 | Kentucky | And Mark Pope doesn’t even care because Kentucky is already a blue blood |
| 6 | Louisville | reviVILLE of the rivalry |
| 7 | Houston | Honestly wanted to rank them lower because they have absolutely no proven depth but Sampson will find a way |
| 8 | Illinois | Ivisic squared |
| 9 | St. John's | Pitino is spending half his time reassuring Kentucky fans and still coaching a top 10 team |
| 10 | UCLA | Donovan Dent. |
| 11 | Gonzaga | Lotta really good transfers. Braeden Smith transferred from Colgate last year and had to redshirt, he could break out |
| 12 | Michigan | Lendeborg is great but Morez Johnson is a typical B10 annoying high-energy big so that’ll be opposing teams biggest problem offensively |
| 13 | Duke | A year after the best inexperienced team ever, they don’t really have much super crazy talent but more experience and the Boozer twins |
| 14 | Arkansas | Typical Calipari team except for having a better veteran presence |
| 15 | Creighton | Owen Freeman can more or less replace Kalkbrenner’s production and their guard rotation is talented |
| 16 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin developed another random 7-footer (Nolan Winter) to be a threat. Gard still underrated |
| 17 | Texas Tech | Losing Darrion Williams hurts, and they didn’t do much to replace that production |
| 18 | Alabama | “Noah Williamson” is a Latvian national? |
| 19 | Ohio State | This has to be the year. Thornton’s last year, Mobley coming back, transfer bigs to allow Royal to play SF, Ojianwuna to shore up post defense, this is a complete team. Character limit :( |
| 20 | Michigan State | Tears for Fears |
| 21 | North Carolina | Do or Die for Hubert Davis |
| 22 | NC State | Strong-ass transfers |
| 23 | Iowa | Really interested to see how they will do, McCollum has won everywhere and with his guys I don’t imagine it being much different. Could be looking at a Curt Cignetti situation |
| 24 | Mississippi State | Josh Hubbard is a dawg |
| 25 | Washington | Really like their transfers and the team overall should get better in Year 2 for Sprinkle |
Overall Rationale
Also considered: Missouri, USC, Tennessee, Oregon, San Diego State, Virginia, Indiana, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Texas, Arizona, Ole Miss, Kansas, Saint Mary’s, Kansas State, Syracuse, SMU, VCU, Clemson