USA Today Pre-season Top 25

[SoFla Steve]

UConn at #23

NCAA Men’s College Basketball Coaches Poll for October 27, 2021 | USA Today Sports

 

[Hey Adrien!]

And another top-25 poll featuring Saint Bonaventure.

I don't get why Virginia would be in any preseason top-25. For a team that always has scoring issues, their top-three scorers are gone and were replaced by mostly inferior talents:

• None of the Jay Huff replacements are proven
• Gardner is a good player, but doesn't have an outside shot like Hauser. That'll make it harder to open up lanes inside.
• Franklin is a good replacement for Murphy III.

Bennett is an excellent coach and I'm curious to see how he develops his current roster, they just aren't a top-25 team right now. One team I'd easily put over them is Indiana.