coilmeup's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Houston	Most talented roster with one of the best coaches in CBB and returned most of their stars.
2	Alabama	Extremely talented with great coach and one of the best players in CBB
3	Gonzaga	Also very talented
4	UConn	Hurley is the best coach in CBB, no way they aren’t top 5.
5	Duke	Will do great on the regular season with the loaded freshman class.
6	Kansas	Overrated IMO but still very talented.
7	Baylor	Despite the hell schedule, this team is great
8	Iowa State	Incredible defensive team
9	North Carolina	RJ Davis is great, we will see how Hubert does without Armando.
10	Auburn	Very experienced team, never doubt Coach Pearl.
11	Arizona	I’m not as high on this team as others but still a loaded roster.
12	Xavier	Stop sleeping on this team. Best transfer class in the country.
13	Purdue	No Edey, no problem. Won’t be a final four squad but will still compete.
14	Indiana	Woodsons best roster yet
15	Tennessee	Not sure how well I trust this team, we will see how much Coach Barnes can do
16	Arkansas	Cal baby!
17	Kentucky	Really like this roster
18	Creighton	Huge year for McDermott, hopefully reaches the final four this year. Great roster
19	Texas A&M	Returned a large portion of their roster
20	UCLA	Sneaky team
21	Illinois	Not sure how much I like this roster, we will see what Underwood can do
22	Florida	After a solid 2024 I am really high on how well this team will do
23	Oregon	Similar to Florida
24	Marquette	Overrated even as a fan, but still will compete with Shaka
25	Cincinnati	Cincy ball is back

Overall Rationale

Looked at rosters on paper and looked over a little bit of film for each team.