2023-24 Preseason Rankings

[amishboy]

Okay, so now that 90% of the season is over, check out how the “experts” predicted the best teams:

AP: Kansas, Duke, Purdue, Michigan State, & Marquette

Kansas, Duke and Purdue lead preseason AP Top 25 poll

Kansas, Duke and Purdue lead the preseason AP Top 25 poll for the 2023-24 season.

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Fox Sports: Kansas, Duke, Purdue, Michigan State, & Marquette

2023-24 College basketball preseason rankings: Kansas, Duke lead top 25 | FOX Sports

With the 2023-24 men's college basketball season set to get underway in just under a month, John Fanta reveals his preseason top 25 rankings.

www.foxsports.com

ESPN/Dick Vitale: Kansas, Duke, Purdue, Michigan State, & UConn

Dickie V's preseason men's top 25

Dickie V's case for the best men's college basketball teams before the season begins.

www.espn.com

Coaches Poll: Kansas, Purdue, Duke, Michigan State, & UConn

College basketball polls: Preseason AP Top 25 rankings released for NCAA 2023-24 season | Sporting News

The college basketball season is three short weeks away from tip-off, which means the first AP Top 25 rankings of the season have dropped.

www.sportingnews.com

So, although some may think it’s close, I’d have to select Duke (as usual) as #1, Most Overrated.

 

[Inyatkin]

Duke has some issues, but there's no doubt they belong in the tournament and they don't have 14 losses. Only one preseason top 5 team has that.

 

[upstater]

Andy Katz has FAU and Miami above UConn because they're returning players.

Miami imploded.

He even mentions Karaban, Clingan and Newton as returning, but doesn't seem to think they are of FAU and Miami caliber.

 

[Bazz4A]

Andy Katz has FAU and Miami above UConn because they're returning players.

Miami imploded.

He even mentions Karaban, Clingan and Newton as returning, but doesn't seem to think they are of FAU and Miami caliber.

That guy is an idiot haha

 

[auror]

I made this in the pre-season. Computers had us 4, Vegas and humans 6. Computers had Purdue, Houston, UConn all in the top 4. Computers were lowest on Arkansas, Miami, Florida Atlantic, and Villanova. Highest on Illinois. Computers win again.

 

[amishboy]

Duke has some issues, but there's no doubt they belong in the tournament and they don't have 14 losses. Only one preseason top 5 team has that.

In the tournament? Sure.

In the top 5? NFW.

 

[bendm]

So, although some may think it’s close, I’d have to select Duke (as usual) as #1, Most Overrated

How is MSU not the most overrated? They were in all the preseason top four and were a bubble team

 

[That Guy]

MSU was the most overrated BY FAR. A team that was ranked #4 in the preseason projects to be at about 27 or 28 wins heading into the tournament, but they finished at 19-14 and should not have even made the tournament. Of course they got in because they're one of the darlings of the NCAA and the committee had to do everything in their power keep the tournament streak alive.