Not very high on Temple this year. The lack of proven on-ball creator/playmaker has them rankings lower in my "offensive fit" score that I give each team. They could be really solid defensively, though.

If you told me Northwestern snuck its way into the tournament this season, I'd believe you. Jayden Reid is a great buy-low at PG. Max Green is terrific offensively. Arrinten Page is a good Matthew Nicholson replacement on the defensive end. Just need some of that depth to pan

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My preseason Top 25 after putting together my in-depth 1-365 team rankings: 1. Houston 2. Purdue 3. UConn 4. Duke 5. Texas Tech 6. Florida 7. Louisville 8. Kentucky 9. Alabama 10. Arizona 11. UCLA 12. Michigan 13. BYU 14. Iowa State 15. St. John's 16. Tennessee 17. Gonzaga 18.

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Since St. John's will obviously be a debated ranking, here's the two teams above and below them in my rankings. The ranks are entirely derived from the overall scores for players/coaches. Even if Hopkins starts and things change around, it would not move them much.

A lot of flack for no San Diego St in my T25. There will be a LOT of offensive burden on some relatively inefficient guards. The defense should be Top-10 good. Even the Jaedon LeDee year, SDSU finished 22nd in KenPom. And he was 6th in KPOY and they had 3 future P5 starters.

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My Top 25 players in the country in my 1-365 team/player rankings and depth charts: 1. JT Toppin, Texas Tech 2. Braden Smith, Purdue 3. JoJo Tugler, Houston 4. Bennett Stirtz, Iowa 5. Trey Kaufman-Renn, Purdue 6. Cameron Boozer, Duke 7. Zuby Ejiofor, St. John's 8. Darrion

The Top 25 non-Power 5 teams in my depth chart rankings: 1. Gonzaga 2. San Diego St 3. Saint Mary's 4. Saint Louis 5. Dayton 6. San Francisco 7. South Florida 8. Boise State 9. George Washington 10. Loyola Chicago 11. Utah State 12. VCU 13. Grand Canyon 14. Liberty 15. Illinois