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1. UConn is expected to be a top contender for back-to-back nationwide championships, in response to the truth that the crew is returning 4 of its top six scorers from the 2023 NCAA Tournament-winning roster. The most effective avid gamers no longer returning are Jordan Hawkins and Adama Sanogo, who’re each anticipated to go into the 2023 NBA Draft. Additionally, UConn’s top-five recruiting magnificence will supply additional make stronger for its championship aspirations.
2. Purdue is ranked 2nd, with six of the crew’s top seven scorers returning, particularly together with CBS Sports National Player of the Year Zach Edey, who has but to come to a decision whether or not to go back or input the NBA Draft.
3. Marquette is anticipated to accomplish smartly this season, with each related participant from the crew that received the Big East regular-season identify and the Big East Tournament returning.
4. Duke has the benefit of conserving its top 4 scorers – Kyle Filipowski, Jeremy Roach, Tyrese Proctor, and Mark Mitchell – from a crew that received the ACC Tournament. The crew additionally has a skilled top-two recruiting magnificence.
5. FAU is returning all of its starters from ultimate season’s championship-winning roster and will probably be coming into its first season in the AAC as the favourite to win the convention.
6. Alabama is ranked 6th, with 4 of its top seven scorers coming back from a crew that received the SEC regular-season identify and the SEC Tournament.
7. Kansas is expected to have a robust season due to its top-five recruiting magnificence and the go back of 3 starters from ultimate 12 months’s Big 12-winning crew.
8. Michigan St. is returning 5 of its top six scorers from a crew that made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, in addition to boasting a top-five recruiting magnificence.
9. Houston is returning 5 of its top 8 scorers and has added Baylor transfer LJ Cryer to the lineup because it enters its first season in the Big 12.
10. Arkansas is expected to construct at the luck of ultimate season’s Sweet 16 look, due to the go back of 5 of its top 8 scorers and the addition of a number of new avid gamers.
11. Creighton is anticipated to accomplish smartly once more this season, with all however two avid gamers coming back from ultimate 12 months’s Elite Eight crew, and the addition of transfer Steven Ashworth.
12. Gonzaga is returning 4 of its top seven scorers and can mix this core with a recruiting magnificence that comes with a number of transfers from different universities.
13. Miami is returning 3 starters from ultimate 12 months’s Final Four crew and is anticipated to problem for the top spot in the ACC.
14. Kentucky has enrolled the country’s top-ranked recruiting magnificence and can pair those new avid gamers with a returning core led via two-time All-American Oscar Tshiebwe.
15. San Diego St. is returning 4 of its top six scorers from ultimate season’s Mountain West-winning crew, making any other convention identify most likely.
16. Tennessee is returning 3 of its top 4 scorers from a crew that made it to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and has added transfer Chris (*25*) to the lineup.
17. USC is returning 4 of its top six scorers and has enrolled a top-15 recruiting magnificence, led via five-star guard Isaiah Collier.
18. Texas A&M is returning 4 starters from ultimate season’s NCAA Tournament crew and is anticipated to make a 2nd consecutive look.
19. Texas is returning two of its top 5 scorers and has added transfer Max Abmas, who has scored 2,562 issues in 4 years of faculty.
20. UCLA is returning 3 of its top seven scorers from ultimate season’s Pac-12-winning crew and has added a number of gifted recruits to the lineup.