2010: EarlyTop 50 Ranking

I'm going with Kansas as my preseason #1. Even without Xavier Henry I'd give them consideration for #1 with Collns and Aldrich back. However, if Duke ends up with John Wall I may have to reconsider.

Duke won't be #1 if they lose Henderson (aka the only guy on the team who can create his own shot).

Utah State loses just one senior, returns nine players who all played significant roles, four starters, all from a team who won 30 games, had a top 25 RPI this past year, and dominated a high-major conference.

I would have thought that maybe you would have learned your lesson on Utah State after writing them off and ranking them No. 124 preseason this past year after they lost Jaycee Carroll, along with the starting PG and the sixth man.

Generally when teams return four starters from an already solid team, they will be improved the next year, yet somehow they drop from No. 35 to out of the Top 50?

Look for the team that nobody talks about. NMSU not only is bringing back the whole team including the leading scorer in the wac and the only player from the wac to average a double double, but its a team that should have won the wac tourney but gave it away due to inexperience. It should read more like 49. Look out for jahmar young and wendell mckines!!!

Duke won't be number 1 with or without henderson. Duke needs Wall to be number one and even if they get him kansas is still number one, especially if the get henry and/or wall themselves

I'm going to pick Pittsburgh as my preseason #1 because Levance Fields has good shooting abilities and Sam Young and Jermaine Dixon are potential All-Americans in 2009-2010 because they will need to score more points than any other played in the history of Men's College Basketball.

Teague will be back for wake. he is not ready for the NBA, and he said he was going to see if he was a top 10 pick, and if not he was going to back out of the draft.

This is what the 2010 Men's College Basketball Saturday Primetime schedule on ESPN should look like.
Jan. 9: Clemson at Virginia Tech, 9 p.m.
Jan. 16: Notre Dame at Purdue, 9 p.m.
Jan. 23: Louisville at Georgetown, 7 p.m.
Jan. 30: North Carolina State at North Carolina, 9 p.m.
Feb. 6: Nebraska at Missouri, 9 p.m.
Feb. 13: Wake Forest at Boston College, 9 p.m.
Feb. 20: Villanova at Connecticut, 9 p.m.
Feb. 27: Ohio State at Michigan State, 9 p.m.
Mar. 6: Minnesota at Wisconsin, 9 p.m.

Here are some of the key matchups in the Big East Conference for 2010.
Jan. 2: Cincinnati at DePaul
Jan. 9: Notre Dame at South Florida
Jan. 25: Georgetown at Pittsburgh
Feb. 6: Rutgers at Pittsburgh
Feb. 20: West Virginia at Cincinnati
Feb. 23: Villanova at St. John's
Feb. 27: DePaul at Providence

Good day, Mr. Siegel. I think you have an accurate poll. I like Butler at #10. Since they play in the Horizon League, they might be even higher come season's end. I have to go with Kansas at #1, especially since they just brought in Xavier Henry. I like Michigan State at #2. It's still way too early, though. I wish John Wall would decide where to go already. The suspense is killing me. Keep up the good journalism.

Here is my Presaeson Top 10 in Men's College Basketball: #1 Pittsburgh, #2 Connecticut, #3 Kansas, #4 Oklahoma, #5 North Carolina, #6 Syracuse, #7 Lousiville, #8 Duke, #9 Wake Forest, #10 UCLA

These are some of the toughest matchups in NCAA Men's Basketball. Pittsburgh/Louisville is one of them, Ohio State and Illinois is another one then UConn/Georgetown and Villanova/Marquette.

Kansas is obviously #1 with X Henry, Johnson, Robinson and Withey joining a team that lost no one.

Villanova #2, if Reynolds returns, as he likely will. They'll kill teams with waves of perimeter/wing players and their new big, Yarou, is a monster.

Michigan St #3, alot of good players returning. Roe is a key guy.

UNC #4 on strength of absurd frontcourt, guards are suspect though. Drew or Strickland need to come up big. They could use Wall but I dont think they pay more than Calipari.

Kentucky #5, if they add Wall (as expected), and Meeks returns. Patterson is gone. Without Wall and Meeks, they go from Top 5 to unranked.

Purdue #6. Will be very very good if Hummel is healthy.

Duke #7. Without Henderson this team is just devoid of athletes. Cant imagine them giving Kansas or Villanova a competitive game in March.

WVU #8. These guys are 2nd in line to Nova in the Big East. Will be an excellent squad behind Butler, Ebanks, Jones etc.

LVille #9. No Clark or Williams, but Samuels, Knowles, Smith, Siva, Sosa, Jennings are formidable.

UConn #10. Will have a good starting 5 led by Walker, Dyson, Robinson, Majok.

Stephen Van DeMark,

I assume you are just trying to be a funny guy with all this Pitt crap? I hope so because they are going to stink this yr.

Hilarious posts.

Not.

#1 Pittsburgh, Jermaine Dixon has to average more points than any other shooting guard

#2 Connecticut, Coach Jim Calhoun has a lot of respect for his team

#3 Duke, Gerald Henderson could be a potential All-American

#4 Syracuse, the best team looking for a great season

#5 Louisville, Knowles has more of everything

#6 UCLA, they can average a great team this year

#7 North Carolina, Wayne Ellington's shooting capabilities are going to be great this year

#8 Villanova, Scottie Reynolds can average over 30 points a game

#9 Purdue, they are looking to a Big Ten title this year

#10 West Virginia, they can handle it better than other Big East teams

Michigan/Michigan State is the matchup we're about to see in the middle of next year.

The 2009 ACC/Big Ten Challenge will be held on November 30-December 2, 2009.

Memphis will be looking forward to another title this year. Tulsa will get their share of the action and UTEP will get some defense also this year.

Yes, Kansas will go unbeaten this year, they will go 40-0.

Because they have a strong player named Xavier Henry.

Because they have a strong player named Xavier Henry.

Yes, Kansas is still the preseason #1 with Villanova at #2 and Michigan State at #3.

Tennessee at #7 without Smith (whom is assumed to be gone) is down-right ridiculous.

Kentucky at #20 with the amount they are bringing back is also as uneducated.

Florida above Mississippi State, after Florida is losing Calathes?? I realize this was done before some NBA announcements, but with the addition of Sidney and return of Varnado, MSU is at least a Top 15 team if not Top 10.

There are 3 SEC teams in the Top 25 this year. Tennessee is at #8, Kentucky is at #20 and Florida is at #24

If they can win the national title this year, they will go undefeated.

LOL

There are 4 Pac-10 Teams in the Top 50 this year. Washington is at #15, California is at #16, UCLA is at #32 and USC is at #47

Thank You for the message about understanding the Top 50 ranking for this year.

UCONN at #29? Really?

Walker, Dyson, Robinson are NBA draft next year.

Majok one year after. How is this #29?

There are 7 Big East teams in the Top 50 this year. Villanova is at #3, West Virginia is at #9, Syracuse is at #21, Georgetown is at #22, Connecticut is at #29, Louisville is at #34 and Pittsburgh is at #46

There are 10 Top Ten teams in the Top 10 this year. Duke is at #1, Kansas is at #2, Villanova is at #3, UNC is at #4, Michigan St is at #5, Purdue is at #6, Clemson is at #7, Tennessee is at #8, West Virginia is at #9 and Butler is at #10.

Temple loses some with Dionte Christmas graduating, but is still stocked with talent.