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By Shawn Siegel

shawn@collegehoops.net

July 5th, 2006

College Basketball: Preseason Top 40 #2

In this month's updated Preseason Top 40, we have the added bonus of knowing who left (Cedric Simmons, Kyle Lowry, etc) and who stayed in school (Joakim Noah, Glen Davis, etc). The only team to completely drop out of the Top 40 is NC State, replaced by #37 Michigan. Moving back into Top 25 are Kentucky and LSU, who replace depleted Connecticut and Villanova.

2006-07 Early Preseason Top 40
1	Florida ..i really wanted to be different here, but florida just has too many guys back
2	Kansas ..everyone knows bill self can recruit, now its time for him to win big
3	North Carolina ..for me, it's less about the recruits, and more about tyler hansbrough
4	Wisconsin ..experienced badgers ready to surprise with big ten title
5	LSU ..the return of davis is huge, but incoming transfers will be the key
6	Ohio State ..oden injuries and lack of depth lead to many questions
7	Duke ..the health of nelson and the improvement of mcroberts are key
8	UCLA ..despite loss of farmar, this team is still the class of the pac-10
9	Alabama ..steele, davidson, hendrix give tide good mix of inside-outside
10	Louisville ..loss of dean is no big deal, cards will battle pittsburgh for big east title

11	Texas A&M ..just about the entire team is back from this emerging program
12	Washington ..no one recruits (see hawes, spencer) better than romar these days
13	Pittsburgh ..gray will be a rock, but success will depend on the play of fields & ramon
14	Tennessee ..chris lofton is one of the nation's most underrated scoring stars
15	Memphis ..yes, tigers lose a lot, but coach cal has a stockpile of young talent
16	Georgetown ..lose trio of seniors, but no conference lost more than big east this summer
17	Arizona ..williams and budinger could have arizona back in final four.. in 2008
18	Syracuse ..uconn and nova losses are gains for eric devendorf and crew
19	Boston College ..jared dudley now the man with partner smith gone
20	Texas ..kevin durant and co. better be as good as advertised

21	Kentucky ..forget rondo, this team is ready to atone for last year's disappointment
22	Southern Illinois ..salukis return top 9 scorers from tourney team, but mvc is no cake-walk
23	Georgia Tech ..young jackets still probably a year away from top 10
24	Oklahoma State ..coaching change will help, boggan and curry are set for better things
25	Xavier ..easily the team to beat in the atlantic 10 next year
26	Florida State ..like self above, hamilton brings in names but needs to produce
27	Marquette ..with lowry gone, james is easily best pg in the big east
28	Creighton ..return of funk should push jays back into big dance
29	Villanova ..surprise loss of lowry hurts, not enough help for curtis sumpter
30	Michigan State ..a new era begins without ager, brown, and davis

31	Indiana
32	Connecticut
33	Nevada
34	Gonzaga
35	Illinois
36	Hofstra
37	Michigan
38	Bucknell
39	Wichita State
40	South Carolina

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