JazzYotesRSL's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	UConn	As long as Hurley is their coach, I have no reason to think they can’t pull off a threepeat
2	Kansas	The Jayhawks have an impressive lineup as they try to bounce back from a disappointing year
3	Alabama	This team could become a juggernaut in basketball too. God help us all.
4	Houston	The Big XII is going to be a bloodbath again, especially with the addition of Arizona.
5	Baylor
6	Iowa State
7	Gonzaga	Can Gonzaga finally win one before it leaves for the PAC 12 (maybe)?
8	North Carolina	The ACC will be fun to watch again, and Duke and UNC are right up at the top—again.
9	Duke
10	Arizona	How will the Cats adjust from being top dog in a bad basketball conference to one of many powerhouses in a loaded Big XII?
11	Texas A&M	The SEC is more open than ever, with Tennessee and Kentucky potentially reloading. Who can capitalize?
12	Arkansas
13	Auburn
14	Creighton	Can Creighton finally step out of UConn’s shadow and make some noise in the Big East?
15	Purdue	The B1G hasn’t won a natty since MSU in 2000, and to be blunt, I don’t see that changing this year.
16	Tennessee	How will life post-Knecht look?
17	Marquette
18	Cincinnati
19	Indiana
20	Texas	Can the Longhorns step in and run the SEC in both football AND basketball? A&M fans shudder everywhere.
21	Kentucky	What will Mark Pope’s first year in Kentucky look like? Can he finally win in March?
22	Rutgers	Please, God, if the B1G snaps its streak this year, let it be Rutgers because that would be hilarious.
23	Xavier
24	Florida
25	Oregon

Overall Rationale

Let’s face it: the preseason poll is a crapshoot, and I’ll probably look stupid for several of these picks in a few weeks. But for now, this seems pretty reasonable to me.