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Is UNC a lock for #1? Will the Big East dominate? Who will surprise?
Our annual
favorite, CHN ranks and
previews the Top 144 teams and releases one per day leading up to the opening
of the 2008-09 college basketball season.
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other Preview Content Including Preseason Awards,
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348 Team D1 ranking
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Teams 26 to 40 |
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#26: Miami
Hurricanes
Sharp-shooting
guard Jack McClinton (18 ppg) leads the Hurricanes. |
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#27: Temple
Owls
Dionte
Christmas (20 ppg) returns, but can anyone else handle the scoring load? |
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#28: UNLV
Runnin' Rebels
Wink Adams (17
ppg) leads our projected Mountain West champions. |
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#29: Arizona
Wildcats
Chase Budinger,
Nic Wise, and Jordan Hill form a solid core. But who else can
contribute?. |
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#30: Villanova
Wildcats
Junior leader
Scottie Reynolds (16 ppg) needs the frontcourt role players to step up. |
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#31: Kansas
Jayhawks
Sherron
Collins is back, and so is Cole Aldrich, and so is.. wait, that's just
about it. |
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#32: Xavier
Musketeers
Despite the
losses of Lavender, Burrell, and Duncan, Xavier should make another A-10
title push. |
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#33:
Georgetown Hoyas
The future is
very bright at Georgetown, but will a serious postseason run have to
wait another season? |
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#34: Ohio
State Buckeyes
Thad Matta's
reloaded with another big-time recruiting class, led by BJ Mullens. |
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#35: Saint
Mary's Gaels
Outside of
shooting guard, SMC has one of the West Coast's top starting fives. |
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#36; BYU
Cougars
Sharp-shooting
Lee Cummard (16 ppg) leads the Cougars 4-guard attack. |
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#37: Alabama
Crimson Tide
Tide fans are
hoping that Ronald Steele can perform at a high level. |
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#38:
Washington Huskies
Jon Brockman
(18 ppg) returns, but do the Huskies have enough talent in the
backcourt. |
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#39: Virginia
Tech Hokies
The Young
Hokies try and improve upon last year's NIT trip. |
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#40: Davidson
Wildcats
Stephen Curry
(26 ppg) is the man, but does he have enough support?. |
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