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How we doing in the thick of preseason college basketball coverage? Oh, I'm still out of my mind. Because I gleefully took on the insane project of ranking 351 college basketball teams in advance of another college hoops campaign.

I've been loading this boulder onto my back the past few years. If you'd like to see how ridiculously good last season's projections wound up being,. You can have your statistical models and fancy computers and dexterous algorithms.

As always, my rankings are formulated by a blend of reporting (I contacted multiple coaches in almost every conference to cross-reference and to check and balance), a projection of returning starters, impact freshmen, coaching changes - and a few outlandish prophecies tossed in. I do consult with KenPom, Sagarin, KPI and LRMC's rankings from the end of last season as means of a barometer. As always, teams 1-26 correspond with the collective, which is commandeered by Gary Parrish. But for squads 27-351, I take full responsibility.

If you've got flattery, four-letter words or bonus information to give,. Enjoy, share widely with all your friends who dig college basketball, and remember: This list is perfect. Everything in its right place. The Wildcats have never had a roster this talented, deep, experienced or athletic under Sean Miller. And yes, the program enters the season with a dark cloud looming over it, as assistant Emanuel Richardson is one of four college hoops assistants charged by the federal government in a two-year-long sting that exposed bribery and corruption in college basketball. Miller's received public support from his AD and president. Is more to come with the FBI and this program?

If all players remain eligible, Arizona is a strong No. 2 team, led by junior shooting guard Allonzo Trier and freshman ' ' DeAndre Ayton. We've got a handful of traditional power programs that will still be really good this year yet look different from their normal selves. The Jayhawks count in that group, as Devonte' Graham is going to be the head on the snake of a four-guard attack. Graham will be joined by Mississippi State transfer Malik Newman, senior Svi Mykhailiuk and junior Lagerald Vick. Those four could/should be joined in the starting lineup by the beastly Udoka Azubuike. Plus, freshman power forward Billy Preston could be the most talented sixth man in the country.

Do we hear 14 straight Big 12 regular season titles? Seems likely. The Spartans will be rated higher than fourth in other polls, but the difference - for us - between Duke and MSU is fingernail-thin. Sparty's got the preseason Player of the Year in Miles Bridges, plus three other sophomores (Cassius Winston, Nick Ward, Josh Langford) set to run the Big Ten. Power forward Jaren Jackson is a top-10 freshman talent, and critical veterans Tum Tum Nairn, Ben Carter and Gavin Schilling are back.

This is Tom Izzo's 23rd season with MSU. This roster is top-five he's had in East Lansing.

We've got the Shockers ranked so high because all five starters return on a team that ranked in the top 10 at KenPom.com last season and one of them is POY candidate Landry Shamet. Keep in mind that Wichita State's likely to look more top-10ish come January than mid-November.

That's because Shamet's scheduled to be cleared to play (after offseason foot surgery) right around the season-opener, and another big talent, Markis McDuffie, is out until mid-December because he too had foot surgery. Shockers, when at full strength, have the most robust roster in the American Athletic Conference. Remember, Wichita State left the Missouri Valley earlier this year. This is the most inexperienced roster John Calipari's ever had at Kentucky, which speaks to the strength of his No. 2-rated recruiting class. Six five-star players from 2017 are on this roster, led by Hamidou Diallo, who got a head start on the college experience when he enrolled in January.

Diallo, Kevin Knox, Quade Green, P.J. Washington and Jarred Vanderbilt (out for at least two more months) will join sophomore Wenyen Gabriel and make for the ultimate Cal experiment. He's never had a team so young, so flashy, so wing-y. Because Jalen Brunson should factor into the Player of the Year race and because this team has a true back-to-the-basket big (Omari Spellman) and prospect on the wing (Mikal Bridges), the Wildcats are still the class of the Big East.

Brunson will also get a boost from Phil Booth, who was a nice role player on Nova's title-winning team but lost last season to injury. The Wildcats don't have a lot of flaws, and it would be a surprise if this team didn't take a fifth straight regular-season league title.

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Loads of talent, but will everyone be eligible? The Trojans are ranked with the presumption that they will be. Assistant Tony Bland was charged in the FBI's case, and given that he's been on Andy Enfield's staff for a few years, questions about which USC players could have been wrongfully recruited are unavoidable. But at full strength, USC is maybe a half-step behind Arizona in the Pac-12. Jordan McLaughlin will run point and have De'Anthony Melton and Elijah Stewart in tandem with him in the backcourt. Bennie Boatwright, Shaqquan Aaron and Chimezi Metu up front make for a wildly fun 'starting six' for USC. Yes, 30 percent of the top 10 here features programs directly connected to the FBI investigation.

College hoops, baby! No Miami coach was named, or charged, in the FBI's public report. Coach Jim Larranaga,. So, with that in mind, Miami's got quite a squad this season. Bruce Brown is the best player that doesn't get nearly enough ink, but that will probably change by Thanksgiving.

Freshman Lonnie Walker should immediately be a factor, and Dewan Huell's definitely going to improve from a good freshman season. The offense is going to take a big jump. ACC dark-horse pick. The Bulldogs finished the season at 37-2, lost in the national title game.

And were the highest-rated team at from most of January on last season, including at year's end. Mark Few's team isn't quite as good now, since Nigel Williams-Goss and Zach Collins left early for the NBA, but there's still a lot back from a great team. Josh Perkins and Johnathan Williams were named All-WCC in the preseason, but keep an eye on Rui Hachimura, a Japanese import who could keep Gonzaga's WCC streak intact.