USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Preseason College Basketball Rankings (2010-2011)
Preseason College Basketball Rankings
Duke, 35-5 last season, is led by forward Kyle Singler, guard Nolan Smith, and forwards Miles and Mason Plumlee. Duke opens the 2010-2011 season against Princeton on November 14, 2010.
Joining the Duke Blue Devils in the Top 10 of the USA Today college basketball rankings are the Michigan State Spartans, Kansas State Wildcats, Pittsburgh Panthers, Ohio State Buckeyes, Villanova Wildcats, Kansas Jayhawks, Purdue Boilermakers, North Carolina Tarheels, and Kentucky Wildcats.
The Butler Bulldogs, defeated by the Duke Blue Devils in last season's national championship game, are No. 18 in the preseason rankings.
USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Preseason College Basketball Rankings (2010-2011)*
1. Duke (29)
2. Michigan State (2)
3. Kansas State
4. Pittsburgh
5. Ohio State
6. Villanova
7. Kansas
8. Purdue
9. North Carolina
10. Kentucky
11. Florida
12. Gonzaga
13. Syracuse
14. Baylor
15. Missouri
16. Illinois
17. Washington
18. Butler
19. Memphis
20. Tennessee
21. Georgetown
22. Temple
23. Virginia Tech
24. Wisconsin
25. Texas
*First place votes in parentheses.
Source(s):
"USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Preseason College Basketball Rankings (Coaches' Poll)," USA Today
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Go Hoyas, gotta do better than 21st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, he's not new...he's been around, but he's recently married!
With our new coach TN will be moving up the rankings I'm sure!