This is so hard now with all the transfers but I'll give it a shot:
1. Duke - Cooper Flagg will be the best CBB POY and they return Tyrese Proctor.
2. UNC - RJ Davis is back. Not super impressed with the rest of the roster other than Ven Allen Lubin from ND but they should have enough.
After #2, the next 7-8 could be in any order
3. Pitt - I expect Lowe to be a 1st Team type talent. Corhen and Dunn are bigger additions than anyone thinks. And Leggett is very underrated. This team could mess around and win the league.
4. Clemson - Hard to pick against Brad Brownell. He returns several starters and has a decent portal class.
5. Wake Forest - Like in previous years, I see Pitt/Wake/Clem battling for tourney spots. Wake returns Sallis, mamabear's kid, the English dude, and that little kid. Lossing Miller to SMU was big though.
6. Syracuse - I am buying Syracuse. I love Eddie Lampkin's game from TCU/Colorado. They have some good transfers and return Starling and Bell.
7. SMU - Miller from Wake, nice transfer class and I like Enfield
8. Miami - Should be as high as 3 based on talent but I think Larranaga is in semi-retirement mode. They return Pack and Cleveland. The Stetson transfer is a stud. Lynn from VT is a very good college big. Just picking them this low based on Larranaga. They have league champion talent.
9. NC State - Keatts regresses to the mean
10. Stanford - Kyle Smith is maybe the best coach in the league, pound for pound. I expect him to win games right away.
11. Louisville - Kelsey didnt return anyone but for good reason. I think he has a chance to get to the NCAAT in Year 1.
12. Notre Dame - darkhorse team. Burton and Shrewsbury are 2 very good guards. Losing Lubin was big though.
13. Virginia - now they have dont have Bennett to go along with no talent. Bad combo.
These bottom 5 might all be really bad and NET anchors which the league needs to avoid. Hard to rank these 5.
14. VT - only because Young is a good coach but man he needs some players.
15. Cal - dont return a player who averaged more than 1 PPG but the transfer class looks somewhat promising
16. GT - return Ndongo and not much else.
17. FSU - Time to call it quits, Leonard
18. BC - I feel bad for Earl Grant. Impossible job. ACC should kick them out and add UConn.
