THE_HUMAN_TREE's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	UConn	watched their exhibition - I was incredibly impressed
2	Kansas
3	Alabama	I think sears will be player of the year. Love the speed and very optimistic
4	Houston	Returning so many pieces of last years team make them an easy top pick
5	Duke	I am completely locked into this years Duke team and think this is a reasonable spot
6	Auburn	They've got the talent and the experience. How much can pearl muster? we will see
7	North Carolina	I watched their exhibition. Very impressed with them defensively but have obvious holes. I'll give RJ the benefit of the doubt
8	Rutgers	Rutgers recruit truther - I think theyre the real deal
9	Creighton	big kalkkkkkk
10	Iowa State	I honestly dont know much about this years ISU team but I like their style so much
11	Gonzaga
12	Baylor	I may be biased from loving roach, but I really think this is a top 15 Baylor squad
13	Purdue
14	Texas
15	Tennessee
16	Texas Tech
17	Marquette
18	Indiana
19	Arizona	Felt overhyped last year and I dont see this squad being too different. This feels fair
20	Arkansas	Hah. excited to see where this takes us
21	St. John's
22	Wake Forest	love this wake squad. they could have been a top 20 team last year if they clicked at the right time. So much experience returning I think they will be great
23	Texas A&M
24	Cincinnati
25	Clemson	I really liked Clemson last year and always thought they would go far. I think can put together a good squad again despite the obvious losses

Overall Rationale

Preseason rankings are tough. I relied on power rankings from kenpom and bartorvik and what I know about each teams incoming transfers/recruits. UConn is #1 because I watched their exhibition against Rhode Island and was immensely impressed.