College basketball is back!

WHOO-HOO!!!

This is a season of change.  The ACC welcomes Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Notre Dame (join in football already!!!) to join its powerhouses Duke and UNC.  The “new” Big East broke away from what is now the American, and should be competitive thanks to the likes of Marquette, Georgetown, Creighton, Butler, and Xavier.

In short, I am excited as hell over this season.

This preview is centered around the major seven college basketball conferences and a few of the well-known mid majors.  If your conference is not included, chances are no one cares about it – and neither do I.

I’m tired of talking.  Let’s go…

ACC

1. Duke
2. Syracuse
3. Notre Dame
4. Virginia
5. North Carolina
6. Pittsburgh
7. Florida State
8. Maryland (it’s been nice knowing ya Terps…)
9. Miami
10. N.C. State
11. Boston College
12. Georgia Tech
13. Clemson
14. Virginia Tech
15. Wake Forest

American

1. Louisville (I cannot wait to see them in the ACC next year)
2. Connecticut
3. Memphis
4. Cincinnati
5. Temple
6. Central Florida
7. Houston
8. SMU
9. South Florida
10. Rutgers (think they can’t wait to get to the Big Ten?)

Big Ten

1. Michigan State
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Indiana
5. Wisconsin
6. Purdue
7. Minnesota
8. Illinois
9. Iowa
10. Northwestern
11. Nebraska
12. Penn State

Big 12

1. Kansas
2. Oklahoma State
3. Baylor
4. Texas
5. Kansas State
6. Iowa State
7. West Virginia
8. Texas Tech
9. TCU
10. Oklahoma

Big East

1. Marquette
2. Creighton
3. Georgetown
4. St. Louis
5. Butler
6. Xavier
7. Villanova
8. Seton Hall
9. Providence
10. DePaul

Pac-12

1. Arizona
2. Oregon
3. UCLA
4. California
5. Colorado
6. Arizona State
7. Utah
8. Stanford
9. Washington
10. USC
11. Oregon State
12. Washington State

SEC

1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. Missouri
5. LSU
6. Georgia
7. Vanderbilt
8. Alabama
9. Ole Miss
10. Texas A&M
11. Arkansas
12. South Carolina
13. Mississippi State
14. Auburn

Best of the Rest

Atlantic-10: VCU (Shaka Smart for President)

Mountain West: New Mexico

WCC: Gonzaga

Missouri Valley: Wichita State

Ivy League: Harvard

Final Four: Duke, Louisville, Michigan State, Syracuse

2013-2014 National Champion: Louisville (Back-to-back baby!!!!)

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