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One of college basketball’s top conferences is well represented in the preseason USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll on Wednesday.
Kansas, led by Hunter Dickinson and highly touted Wisconsin transfer AJ Storr, was selected No. 1 in the preseason poll, with Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and Arizona being ranked inside the top 10.
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The Big 12 was already a gauntlet before, but after adding Houston, UCF, BYU and Cincinnati before last season and Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado for this season, the conference slate is projected to be among the toughest in the nation in 2024-25.
Here’s where Big 12 teams landed in the preseason Coaches Poll:
College basketball rankings: Big 12 teams in preseason men’s basketball poll
Coaches Poll
First-place votes in parentheses. Big 12 teams in bold.
Kansas (15)
Alabama (6)
UConn (6)
Houston (4)
Duke
Iowa State
Gonzaga
Baylor
Arizona
North Carolina
Auburn
Tennessee
Purdue
Creighton
Texas A&M
Arkansas
Marquette
Indiana
Texas
Cincinnati
Florida
UCLA
Kentucky
Illinois
Ole Miss
Others receiving votes: Texas Tech (23-11) 60; Rutgers (15-17) 57; St. John’s (20-13) 42; Xavier (16-18) 26; Michigan State (20-15) 25; Brigham Young (23-11) 16; Oregon (24-12) 16; Kansas State (19-15) 11; Boise State (22-11) 9; Saint Mary’s (26-8) 9; Clemson (24-12) 8; Dayton (25-8) 7; Ohio State (22-14) 7; Maryland (16-17) 4; Grand Canyon (30-5) 3; Mississippi State (21-14) 2; Princeton (24-5) 2; San Diego State (26-11) 2; Virginia (23-11) 2; Wake Forest (21-14 ); Wisconsin (22-14)
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: College basketball rankings: Big 12 teams in preseason Coaches Poll
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Author : The Topeka Capital-Journal
Publish date : 2024-10-23 16:11:00
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