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
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Everything College Hoops
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- Nate Oats
- Todd Golden
- John Calipari
- Rick Barnes
- Chris Beard
- Mark Pope
- Chris Jans
- Mark Byington
- Porter Moser
- Dennis Gates
- Mike White
- Lamont Paris
- Matt McMahon
New coaches not ranked: Sean Miller, Bucky McMillan, Steven Pearl
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Kentucky G Ortega Oweh – POY
Auburn G Tahaad Pettiford
Alabama G Labaron Philon
Florida F Thomas Hough
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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
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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
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- Matt Painter
- Tom Izzo
- Dusty May
- Brad Underwood
- Greg Gard
- Mick Cronin
- Dana Altman
- Eric Musselman
- Chris Collins
- Steve Pickiell
- Fred Hoiberg
- Danny Sprinkle
- Jake Diebler
- Mike Rhoades
New coaches not ranked: Darian DeVries, Buzz Williams, Ben McCollum, Niko Medved
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Purdue 1-2 Seed
Michigan 2-3 seed
UCLA 3-4 seed
Illinois 4-5 seed
Oregon 4-5 seed
Michigan State 5-6 seed
Wisconsin 6-7 seed
Iowa 7-8 seed
USC 8-9 seed
Ohio State – bubble
Indiana – bubble
Washington – bubble
Northwestern
Maryland
Nebraska
Minnesota
Rutgers
Penn State
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First Team
G Braden Smith – POY
G Donovan Dent
F Yaxel Ludeberg
F Trey Kaufman – Renn
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G Bennett Stirtz
G Jackson Shelstad
G John Blackwell
G Bruce Thorton
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ACC – Duke
Big 10 – Purdue
Big 12 – Houston
Big East – UConn
SEC – Florida
A10 – VCU
Mountain West – San Diego State
MVC – Illinois State
WCC – Gonzaga
American – Memphis
AE – Vermont
Atlantic Sun – FGCU
Big Sky – Idaho
Big South – Radford
Big West – UC Irvine
CAA – UNC Wilmington
C USA – Liberty
Horizon – Wright State
Ivy – Yale
MAAC – Siena
MAC – Akron
MEAC – South Carolina State
NEC – Long Island
Ohio Valley – SEMO
Patriot – Navy
Sun Belt – James Madison
Southern – Furman
SWAC – Jackson State
Southland – McNeese State
Summit – St. Thomas
WAC – Abilene Christian
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Rutgers – Underachieved with two top five picks and are expected to be at the bottom of the Big 10
Xavier – Lost Sean Miller and Ryan Conwell after a tourney appearance
Texas A&M – Lost Buzz Williams and program legend Wade Taylor IV
Memphis – Still in the American and have 0% of minutes returning
Dayton – Have only made one tourney since 2018 (plus 2020) and are not expected to win the A10
Auburn – Lost their hall of fame coach Bruce Pearl and NPOY candidate Johni Broome
Ole Miss – Lost a bunch of seniors after a second weekend appearance
Penn State – Yanic Niederhauser stayed in the draft and Penn State will likely be the worst team in the Big 10
Clemson – Failure to make the big dance is on the table after back-to-back great seasons
South Carolina – Will likely be the worst team in the SEC again
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