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Favorite: UNC. Player of the Year: Tyler Hansbrough. Conference Rank: 1st.

The first of the national polls is in. No surprise at the top where Florida, UNC, Kansas, and Ohio State lead the way.

Florida is represented by three players on the prestigous Wooden Award Top 50 Preseason List.

Baylor. Arizona State. Virginia Tech. These three college basketball nothings are primed to take their success to new heights.

Jim Boeheim - Syracuse

Jim Calhoun - UCONN

Billy Donovan - Florida

Ben Howland - UCLA

Coach K - Duke

Lute Olson - Arizona

Rick Pitino - Louisville

Roy Williams - UNC

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Well, the 2006-07 season officially began Friday night, when schools across the nation put held their first practice of the season. This probably shouldn't even be called a practice, since it primarily consists of player intros, contests, and a scrimmage run at the pace of a glorified jog. The primary goals of the players and coaches are to avoid injuries and put last year behind them. This is what I saw in watching Florida's event the other night. Dropping the replica Sears Trophy after raising their national title banner was the perfect way to say that last year is over, and there are new things to accomplish. The must see TV takes place the following morning, when the coaches get to do their thing...and run their players into the ground. But this will never be on TV, so the Friday night style will have to suffice.

Glen Davis

Kevin Durant

Tyler Hansbrough

Joakim Noah

Greg Oden

Brandon Rush

Noah, Hansbrough, Davis, and Oden sit atop CHN's bran new CHN Top 100 Player Ranking.

While there are certainly many great college towns in this country, some of our largest cities and their surrounding metropolitan areas boast multiple programs that have produced historic rivalries and unforgettable moments that make them great locales for college basketball enthusiasts.  While fans know that places like Lexington, Ky; Lawrence, Ks; and Storrs, Ct are home to big time college basketball programs, here is a list of cities where professional sports are not the only topic discussed on the sports radio airwaves.