Senior_Chang's Week Pre-Season Ballot
| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Carolina | Loaded with talent this year and Hubert Davis has shown that he is the real deal. |
| 2 | Gonzaga | Timme is the quintessential college player. Reloading on some talent, but Mark Few has done so consistently the last few years. |
| 3 | Kentucky | Some of Cal's teams start slow- a downside of such heavily young teams. But Tshiebwe, my PoTY pick, will put this team in position to win right away. |
| 4 | Kansas | Death, taxes, etc.. hard to pick against Kansas in the Big 12, but Texas and Baylor will be right there. |
| 5 | Duke | absolutely loaded recruiting class with 3 7-footers? sheeeeesh |
| 6 | Houston | |
| 7 | Baylor | |
| 8 | UCLA | |
| 9 | Tennessee | Rick Barnes has had some strong regular seasons but underperformed in the postseason.. I expect Tennessee to be strong once again. |
| 10 | Texas | |
| 11 | Arkansas | |
| 12 | Arizona | |
| 13 | Auburn | |
| 14 | Villanova | Giving the big east edge here to Jay Wright |
| 15 | Creighton | |
| 16 | San Diego State | |
| 17 | Indiana | B1G favorites? |
| 18 | TCU | Bringing back lots of talent. Might fly under the radar to casuals |
| 19 | Michigan | |
| 20 | Purdue | Painter consistently churns out solid teams. |
| 21 | Texas Tech | |
| 22 | Illinois | |
| 23 | Miami (FL) | Great postseason run last year |
| 24 | Oregon | |
| 25 | UConn | honorable mentions: dayton, |
Overall Rationale
It's preseason- this could mean nothing in a couple weeks. I like teams that return a lot of players and programs/coaches with sustained success.