DCProf's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Alabama	Deepest and most talented roster in county in my mind
2	Houston	Brings back everyone besides Shead. Analytics Darling
3	Kansas	Nice infusion of transfers/frosh to compliment Dickenson & Harris
4	UConn	Gotta give them respect as back to back champs
5	Iowa State	Great defense and most nice offensive players too
6	Duke	Bit of leap of faith in freshmen class
7	Auburn	Love Brohme and Baker-Mazara. Nice role players.
8	Baylor	Well coached, nice blend of transfers, returning core, stud frosh
9	Gonzaga	Class of WCC and experienced
10	Purdue	Even without Edey probably the class of the Big 10
11	St. John's	I like Pitino's new roster. Stud backcourt
12	Texas A&M	Brings back a lot and Wade Taylor is legit
13	Arizona	Love can be hit or miss. A bit lower than consensus without Ballo
14	Arkansas	As usual Cal has a very talented roster, how quickly can they blend together?
15	North Carolina	Not as high on this roster without Bacot as most are.
16	Marquette	Bring back most of team but losing Kolak is a big loss
17	Tennessee	Mostly new roster, faith in Barnes to rank top 20.
18	Wake Forest	Sallis is a stud, Forbes good coach.
19	Indiana	Benefit from addition of Ballo
20	Xavier	Like this roster a lot. Miller strong coach
21	Creighton	Losing two players to NBA hurts a lot. Not big believer in Pop Isaacs
22	Cincinnati	Strong well balanced team with good coaching
23	Texas Tech	Like Toppen a lot
24	Michigan State	Talented and good coaching. Might be addition by subtraction with departed players
25	Grand Canyon	Best mid-major squad in my mind (not counting Gonzaga)

Overall Rationale

Others considered: Boise State, BYU, Texas, Illinois, UCLA, Rutgers, Kentucky, Ole Miss.