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Teams 61 to 80 |
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#61: San Diego
Toreros
Can USD return
to the NCAA Tournament, or was last year just a fluke? |
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#62: Charlotte
49ers
The 49ers
return a lot of experience, but can they make do without Leemire
Goldwire (19 ppg)? |
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#63: Texas A&M
Aggies
The solid
backcourt of Donald Sloan and Josh Carter leads the Aggies. |
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#64: Bradley
Braves
Junior scorer
Andrew Warren (13 ppg) is now the Braves leader. |
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#65: Butler
Bulldogs
Sophomore Matt
Howard is the lone big name player back from last year's 30 win team. |
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#66: Illinois
Fighting Illini
After a 5-13
Big Ten season, things simply have to improve.. right? |
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#67: Maryland
Terrapins
Vasquez and
Hayes form a solid backcourt, but who will Gary Williams rely on up
front? |
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#68: Southern
Mississippi Golden Eagles
Jeremy Wise
(18 ppg) leads a guard-happy team that tends to lose its focus. |
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#69:
Northeastern Huskies
Matt Janning
(16 ppg) hopes to lead the improved Huskies to CAA success. |
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#70: Richmond
Spiders
A late injury
to Dan Geriot hurts Richmond's chances of making serious noise in the
A10. |
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#71: Texas
Tech Red Raiders
Pat Knight has
a full season to show his stuff, but will have to do it without Martin
Zeno. |
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#72: Michigan
Wolverines
John Beilein
can only expect improvement in his second season at the helm. |
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#73: Miami
RedHawks
Sharpshooter
Michael Bramos (16 ppg) needs to improve his consistency. |
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#74:
Vanderbilt Commodores
Vandy will try
to return to the postseason without long-range threat Shan Foster |
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#75: UTEP
Miners
Senior guard
Stefon Jackson (24 ppg) returns to lead the Miners. |
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#76:
Washington State Cougars
Can WSU
continue to thrive despite the graduations of Kyle Weaver and Derrick
Low? |
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#77: New
Mexico State Aggies
NMSU loses a
lot of big names like Hawkins, Pope, and Passos, but could still be
competitive in the WAC. |
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#78: Florida
State Seminoles
A healthy
Toney Douglas (15 ppg) gives FSU a shot at making the Big Dance. |
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#79: South
Alabama Jaguars
It will be
impossible for USA to match last season's win total now that Merritt and
Bennett have graduated. |
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#80: South
Carolina Gamecocks
The top six
scorers return including guard Devan Downey (18.4 ppg). |
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