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Preseason AP poll released today.

1 Gonzaga (28) 0-0 1541 2
2 Baylor (24) 0-0 1540 5
3 Villanova (11) 0-0 1501 10
4 Virginia (1) 0-0 1540 16
5 Iowa 0-0 1273 25
6 Kansas 0-0 1221 1
7 Wisconsin 0-0 1150 17
8 Illinois 0-0 1105 21
9 Duke 0-0 1073 11
10 Kentucky 0-0 1038 8
11 Creighton 0-0 922 7
12 Tennessee 0-0 919 NR
13 Michigan State 0-0 820 9
14 Texas Tech 0-0 790 NR
15 West Virginia 0-0 651 24
16 North Carolina 0-0 465 NR
17 Houston 0-0 438 22
18 Arizona State 0-0 402 NR
19 Texas 0-0 380 NR
20 Oregon 0-0 375 13
21 Florida State 0-0 351 4
22 UCLA 0-0 336 NR
23 Ohio State 0-0 270 19
24 Rutgers 0-0 190 NR
25 Michigan 0-0 160 NR

Others receiving votes: LSU 146, Memphis 69, Florida 69, Alabama 50, Indiana 48, Louisville 41, Richmond 40, Stanford 14, Providence 9, Saint Louis 8, Auburn 8, San Diego State 6, Connecticut 6, BYU 4, Loyola Chicago 3, Seton Hall 2, UNC Greensboro 1, Northern Iowa 1

So that equates to 3... maybe 4 NCAA tournament teams this year? That’s quite a step backward.

LMS wrote:So that equates to 3... maybe 4 NCAA tournament teams this year? That’s quite a step backward.

Oh come on, you know preseason polls are practically meaningless. We'll have at least 5 without a problem.

LMS wrote:So that equates to 3... maybe 4 NCAA tournament teams this year? That’s quite a step backward.

No, 5 teams in the top 41 equates to 5 teams in the NCAA tournament. Possibly more depending on teams #44-50 (AP cuts off at #43), but 5 solidly in.

Surprised but Not surprised. The #4 conference is the country gets 2 teams in the top 25, #5 gets 3 (SEC) and #6 gets 1 (PAC12.
Me thinks the B1G is just a tad overrated with 7 teams in, particularly after how a few of them were NR at the end of the season.

Oh well, AP writers bias, I suppose. Gary Parrish calling them out every year seems to have no effect on their voting?

I agree that the Big Ten is getting a lot of preseason hype. Ohio State in the top 25 is surprising. Their starting five is suspect, and transfer star Seth Towns hasn't played in two year. He is also not fully practising due to injury.