thrownaway12211's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Houston	i got a cougar goin houston on my big 12
2	UConn	hurley is too good at this to doubt him until he either goes NBA or fails
3	Alabama	depth will win them a lot of games
4	Kansas	not gonna doubt bill self
5	Iowa State	really really good team that will somehow still surprise some people
6	Baylor	the big 12 is gonna be a hellscape for anyone to escape unharmed
7	Duke	cooper flagg is gonna win them some games singlehandedly
8	Tennessee	great portal adds make this vols team pretty scary
9	Gonzaga	i dislike mark few but its hard to not think gonzaga's good
10	Auburn	johnni broome for the naismith
11	North Carolina	unc needs hubert to remember how to coach if they want to sustain this ranking
12	Arizona	caleb love needs to carry but i think he can
13	Creighton	kalkbrenner is a naismith candidate
14	Purdue	losing zach edey hurts a lot but this purdue team can recover
15	Xavier	freemantle's back and that really boosts this team
16	St. John's	pitino's squad got better from last year, when they barely missed the tourney
17	Marquette	is the big east back? many are asking
18	Texas	speaking of back
19	Indiana	this is when i start to feel less confident in these teams being reliable but indiana should be good
20	Cincinnati	after a solid start to their big 12 tenure, cincy figures to get even better this year
21	Texas A&M	tamu is gonna probably sit around this rank all year
22	Florida	gators return a lot of production from their tourney team last year
23	Rutgers	rutgers could shock some people. they return a lot of talent
24	Illinois	this team feels very boom or bust and i'm bullish on the boom
25	Kentucky	can cal bring his boys back to glory? we'll see

Overall Rationale

Preseason is a dumb poll