October 29, 2009

Pre-Season Coaches Poll

So its finally that time of the year again, the excitement is palpable. College Basketball has arrived. Today, ESPN released the Pre-Season Coaches Poll, here are the rankings:

Top 25
1. Kansas
2. Michigan St.
3. Texas
4. North Carolina
5. Kentucky
6. Villanova
7. Purdue
8. Duke
9. West Virginia
10. Butler
11. Tennessee
12. California
13. Washington
14. UConn
15. Michigan
16. Oklahoma
17. Ohio St.
18. Minnesota
19. Mississippi St.
20. Georgia Tech
21. Georgetown
22. Dayton
23. Louisville
24. Clemson
25. Syracuse

Others Receiving Votes:
26. Maryland
27. Illinois
28. Siena
29. UCLA
30. Vanderbilt
31. Oklahoma St.
32. Missouri
33. Xavier
34. Gonzaga
35. Notre Dame
36. USC
37. Pittsburgh
38. Tulsa
39. Kansas St.
40. BYU
41. Florida St.
42. Florida
43. Wake Forest
44. San Diego St.
45. Creighton
46. Boston College
47. Texas A&M
48. S. Illinois
49. Utah St.
50. Cornell
51. Memphis
52. Mississippi
53. UNLV
54. South Carolina
55. N. Iowa

As you can see the Zags have some ground to make up, but i fully anticipate this squad to get it together and move into the rankings at some point this year.

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