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  • Big 12 Coaches Ranked

    Big 12 Coaches Ranked

    1. Kelvin Sampson 
    2. Bill Self 
    3. Scott Drew 
    4. Grant McCasland 
    5. TJ Otzelberger 
    6. Tommy Lloyd 
    7. Kevin Young 
    8. Jamie Dixon 
    9. Jerome Tang 
    10. Tad Boyle
    11. Bobby Hurley  
    12. Wes Miller 
    13. Johnny Dawkins 
    14. Steve Lutz 

  • All-Big 12 First Team

    All-Big 12 First Team

    G Milos Uzan 

    G Tamin Lipsey 

    G Darryn Peterson 

    F AJ Dybansta 

    F JT Toppin – POY

  • Big 12 Prediction

    Big 12 Prediction

    Houston 1-2 seed 

    Texas Tech 2-3 seed

    BYU 3-4 seed

    Iowa State 3-4 seed 

    Arizona 4-5 seed

    Kansas 4-5 seed

    Baylor 7-8 seed

    Cincinnati 8-9 seed 

    TCU – bubble

    Kansas State – bubble 

    Oklahoma State – bubble 

    West Virginia 

    Arizona State

    Utah 

    UCF 

    Colorado 

  • Big East Coaches Ranked

    Big East Coaches Ranked

    1. Dan Hurley 
    2. Rick Pitino 
    3. Greg McDermott 
    4. Shaka Smart 
    5. Ed Cooley 
    6. Thad Matta 
    7. Kim English 
    8. Chris Holtman 
    9. Shaheen Holloway 

    New coaches not ranked: Richard Pitino, Kevin Willard 

  • All-Big East First Team

    All-Big East First Team

    G Solo Ball

    G Josh Dix 

    G Chase Ross 

    F Alex Karaban 

    F Zuby Ejiofor – POY 

  • Big East Prediction

    Big East Prediction

    UConn 1-2 seed

    St. John’s 1-2 seed

    Creighton 5-6 seed 

    Marquette 8-9 seed 

    Villanova – bubble 

    Providence – bubble 

    DePaul

    Xavier 

    Butler 

    Georgetown 

    Seton Hall 

  • SEC Coaches Ranked

    SEC Coaches Ranked

    1. Nate Oats
    2. Todd Golden 
    3. John Calipari 
    4. Rick Barnes 
    5. Chris Beard 
    6. Mark Pope 
    7. Chris Jans 
    8. Mark Byington 
    9. Porter Moser
    10. Dennis Gates 
    11. Mike White 
    12. Lamont Paris 
    13. Matt McMahon

    New coaches not ranked: Sean Miller, Bucky McMillan, Steven Pearl

  • All-SEC First Team

    All-SEC First Team

    All SEC Team

    Kentucky G Ortega Oweh – POY
    Auburn G Tahaad Pettiford
    Alabama G Labaron Philon
    Florida F Thomas Hough
    Florida F Alex Condon 

  • SEC Preseason Rankings

    SEC Preseason Rankings

    Florida 1-2 seed 

    Kentucky 2-3 seed 

    Arkansas 3-4 seed

    Alabama 3-4 seed 

    Tennessee 4-5 seed 

    Vanderbilt 5-6 seed

    Missouri 6-7 seed 

    Texas 6-7 seed 

    Ole Miss 7-8 seed

    Auburn 8-9 seed 

    Georgia – bubble 

    Oklahoma – bubble 

    Texas A&M – bubble 

    Mississippi State – bubble 

    LSU 

    South Carolina

  • Offseason Biggest Winners

    Offseason Biggest Winners

    Texas Tech – All-American JT Toppin returned to school for 4M 

    Purdue – Highest minutes returning in the power five, including two All-Americans Braden Smith and Trey Kaufman-Renn 

    Houston – Milos Uzan, Emanuel Sharp and Joseph Tuglar are back

    BYU – AJ Dybnasta 

    Louisville – Massive transfer class with guards Adrian Wooley, Ryan Conwell and Isaac McNeely coming in 

    Illinois State – Returns 56% of minutes and is projected to win the MVC 

    Akron – Looking for a third straight tourney appearance with 40% of their minutes back 

    UConn – 56% minutes back and scored one of the best transfers out there in Silas Demary Jr. 

    Michigan – Reloaded their front court with Morez Johnson Jr., Aday Mora and Yaxel Lendeborg