ItsCommonGamer's Week Pre-Season Ballot

Rank	Team	Reason
1	Duke	Coach Scheyer has another elite roster
2	Florida	Florida returns 4 good starters. They are the best in the SEC
3	UConn	Last year's runners-up should be a championship favorite yet again
4	Illinois	Good mix of returning starters, top recruits, and good transfers
5	Arizona	Have a couple really good transfers coming in
6	Houston	A little high based on the rankings I've seen, but Houston always seems to be slightly underrated. Games against Arizona should be electric
7	Michigan State	Jeremy Fears is back. Hard to doubt a Tom Izzo squad
8	Tennessee	A huge transfer class. Could they be this year's Michigan?
9	Virginia	I feel they are a tick above Miami & Louisville as the ACC #2
10	Arkansas	Similar to Illinois. A good balance of returners, recruits, and transfers
11	Louisville	Another team bringing in a lot of transfers
12	Kansas	They have a good shot to bounce back this year
13	Texas	Looking at the AP poll, I was surprised they were 7. They have some good transfers though, and I'm willing to be proven wrong ranking them at 13
14	Gonzaga	Playing in the revamped PAC-12, I'm curious to see what the Zags do
15	Miami (FL)	What comes of the Malik Reneau situation?
16	Alabama	With the current state of Alabama football, will the Tide eventually become a basketball school? (This is obviously sarcasm, but Bama b-ball should be solid)
17	Iowa State	Nothing special, just a solid team
18	St. John's	Consensus Big East number 2
19	Michigan	Dusty May leaving stings. Still a good team.
20	Purdue	Lost some talent, but hard to doubt Purdue
21	Texas Tech	Solid team. Should be a 5 or 6 seed in March
22	Vanderbilt	Another quietly good team
23	Kentucky	Will this Blue Blood reclaim glory?
24	UCLA	(Read Kentucky)
25	USC	Big question: Rodney Rice health!!!

Overall Rationale

First Five out: BYU, Ohio State, North Carolina, Missouri, Villanova