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Teams 81 to 100 |
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#81: Saint
Louis Billikens
Fans expect
bigger things in the second season of the Rick Majerus era. |
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#82: Illinois
State Redbirds
It will be
hard for tim Jankovich to improve on last year's NIT season. |
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#83: Old
Dominion Monarchs
ODU should be
a player in the CAA, but the backcourt experience is lacking. |
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#84: Stephen
F. Austin Lumberjacks
Six of the
SFA's top scorers return from a shocking 26-6 team that knocked off
Oklahoma and USD. |
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#85: Nebraska
Corhuskers
Does Nebraska
have enough frontcourt talent to make a postseason run? |
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#86: American
Eagles
The Patriot
League's top backcourt returns, hoping to make back to back NCAA
Tournaments. |
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#87:
Valparaiso Crusaders
Some tough
offseason losses hurt Valpo's chances of making a Horizon League run. |
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#88: Utah Utes
Aussie senior
Luke Nevill (15 ppg) needs to step up in final season. |
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#89: Cornell
Big Red
Junior's Ryan
Wittman and Louis Dale return to lead the Ivy League favorites. |
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#90: Boston
College Eagles
Tyrese Rice
(21 ppg) needs a second go-to player to emerge. |
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#91: St.
Joseph's Hawks
Without Pat
Calathes, it is now big man Ahmad Nivin's (14 ppg) team. |
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#92: Penn
State Nittany Lions
PSU should
contend for an NIT bid despite the graduation of Geary Claxton. |
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#93:
Providence Friars
Is Keno Davis
the man to take PC to the heights that Tim Welsh couldn't? |
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#94: Stanford
Cardinal
With the Lopez
twins playing in the NBA, 28 wins will seem like a distant memory. |
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#95: Middle
Tennessee State Blue Raiders
Everyone
important returns from last year's team including leading scorer Desmond
Yates. |
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#96:
Mississippi State Bulldogs
The losses of
Jamont Gordon, Charles Rhodes, and Ben Hansbrough will be hard to
overcome. |
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#95: Western
Michigan Broncos
The MAC West
favorite will still have to get by the Eastern powers. |
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#98: Kansas
State Wildcats
Without Bill
Walker and Michael Beasley, Frank Martin's job is no longer easy. |
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#99: Pacific
Tigers
Once the heavy
Big West favorites, it hasn't been a great off-season for Pacific. |
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#100: Seton
Hall Pirates
While Eugene
Harvey is steady at the point, there's too many questions for SHU to
make a Big East run. |
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