lukedux's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | Lot of returning production, team will be better minus Lee imo |
| 2 | Duke | Blackwell added to a lot of solid returnees |
| 3 | Illinois | Final Four team returning a lot |
| 4 | Michigan State | Fears + Carr |
| 5 | Tennessee | Really like Juke and Hill together |
| 6 | Kansas | They added TKR somehow? |
| 7 | Texas | They're a basketball school now |
| 8 | Arizona | Kharchenkov reminds me of Ivan Drago |
| 9 | Houston | Always solid |
| 10 | Louisville | A lot of exciting pieces coming together, just got to see how they play |
| 11 | Virginia | I want to be a hater but I can't |
| 12 | Iowa State | I like the Jaquan Johnson pick up |
| 13 | Miami (FL) | Intrigued to see how they look vs Florida |
| 14 | UConn | Who will step up to replace glue guy Karaban? |
| 15 | Texas Tech | Love the Cruz Davis addition |
| 16 | Michigan | JP Estrella break out? |
| 17 | Nebraska | Not sure they'll start as hot as last year but would love to be proven wrong |
| 18 | USC | Rodney Rice will be an issue |
| 19 | Kentucky | Mommy time |
| 20 | Saint Louis | If they somehow add Larry Blurred back watch out |
| 21 | North Carolina | It's hard to not include UNC based on prestige alone. Avdalas could be the polished NBA product VT expected, or it could all crash and burn |
| 22 | Vanderbilt | Tyler Tanner MVP run starts now |
| 23 | BYU | Rob Wright time |
| 24 | Cincinnati | MJ Collins and Tyler Tejada should be a good combo |
| 25 | VCU | Holding on to Djokovic and Lewis is big |
Overall Rationale
This will be a lot easier to make once the season starts so this will mostly be determined by t-rank and vibes (and when we learn who is actually on every team). Bias towards teams that kept together good teams.