JamesBouknightStan's Week Pre-Season Ballot

RankTeamReason
1 UConn Hinges on one of Johnson, Reed, or Singaire providing + rim protection.
2 Houston Kelvin Sampson has an extraordinarily high floor at this point
3Arkansas Talented roster + a pissed of Cal, maybe a reach this high but we shall see
4 Kansas Not as in as most others but a super talented (and old) roster + Bill Self
5 Duke For them and the next team, I believe in the young talent
6Baylor ^
7 Gonzaga Supposed to be Few's best team in a few years, Venters injury hurts though
8 North Carolina really struggled with who I wanted here but RJ Davis is a monster
9Creighton Very high floor, Mcdermott+Kalk has been a fruitful combo
10Alabama Call it a hunch, but no-one is overrating NC-State so...
11 Auburn They should be able to rebound after last years ending
12 Xavier Sean Miller revenge tour, plus team is supposed to be healthy
13Purdue Painter also has a high floor ATP, Edey will be sorely missed
14 Arizona Let's see how good Tommy Lloyd really is, nowhere to hide in the B12
15Iowa State They'll play defense really really hard
16 Indiana I don't think Mike Woodson is a bad coach, the roster is also pretty good
17 Illinois Lowest floor of any team so far, but the talent is there
18 St. John's Rick Pitino+Kadary Richmond... nuff said
19 Michigan State Either Izzo turns it around or he "retires", I think he's got some tread left
20Cincinnati Have some momentum to build off of from last year, lets see what they do with it
21 Tennessee Kenecht aint walking through that door... that said they'll still be ok
22 Texas If they're any worse that seat starts getting hot for Terry, I think he'll do just enough though
23 San Diego State Worst roster Dutcher has had in the last few years but they're still capable
24 Saint Mary's Loss of Mahaney is huge, but they still will defend at a high level
25 Providence Bryce Hopkins is very good at basketball and the team plays hard for English

Overall Rationale

Constructed this without looking at KP+Miya+AP+Torvik rankings because I wanted to avoid group think and not be influenced by other lists. When games begin, will make use of the analytical sites to supplement the eye test. Made use of a roster spreadsheet to determine roster strength.