14 Nov10 - Top 25 (PRESEASON)

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Top 25 - 14 Nov10: PRESEASON - [] Column

Lville's jump from the AMER marks the official bookend of the Great Conference Migration culminating in the completion of the now Mega-ACC (complete with 4 Hall of Fame/National Champ coaches at once).

    
Reloaded UK and veteran Wisc look to finish the jobs they left short from last year's Final Four runs; WichSt and AZ aren't too far short of what they were last year, either. Gonz figures to lead the MMs (but 'Nova [falling BIG E] and Harv [rising IVY] may fit the category by season's end). GBay, GaSt, NMSt, Murray/CIT, Siena/CBI and even LaTech are most likely to be 1BC breakthroughs.

    
Both the BIG 12 and PAC-12 look to be stronger top-to-bottom than the diluted BIG 10 and the top-heavy ACC.

   
Disgraced coaches Sampson(Houston) and Pearl(Auburn) are back.

   
Wisconsin's xFrank Kaminsky comes out of the gate as lead contender for Player Of The Year. Texas' cMyles Turner looks to have the easiest transition among the SuperFrosh.

1. Kentucky
   
2. Wisconsin
   
3. Wichita State
   
4. Arizona
   
5. Virginia
   
6. North Carolina
   
7. Texas
   
8. Florida
   
9. Louisville
   
10. Iowa State
    
11. Duke
    
12. Kansas
    
13. Gonzaga
    
14. Villanova
    
15. Harvard
    
16. Minnesota
    
17. Oklahoma
    
18. Colorado
    
19. Nebraska
    
20. Louisiana Tech
    
21. Connecticut
    
22. Ohio State
    
23. UCLA
    
24. Memphis
    
25. BYU
    

Worth keeping an eye on:

Dayton, George Washington, Georgia State, Green Bay, Illinois, Kansas State, Murray State, New Mexico State, San Diego State, Siena, SMU, Stanford, Toledo, Utah.