Tarheels No 1 in pre-season poll

No big surprises here...

http://sports-ak.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings

AP Top 25
1. North Carolina (72) 0-0 1,800
2. Connecticut 0-0 1,661
3. Louisville 0-0 1,638
4. UCLA 0-0 1,487
5. Pittsburgh 0-0 1,319
6. Michigan State 0-0 1,311
7. Texas 0-0 1,259
8. Duke 0-0 1,250
9. Notre Dame 0-0 1,243
10. Gonzaga 0-0 1,162
11. Purdue 0-0 1,099
12. Oklahoma 0-0 987
13. Memphis 0-0 977
14. Tennessee 0-0 920
15. Arizona State 0-0 645
16. Marquette 0-0 592
17. Miami (FL) 0-0 570
18. USC 0-0 414
19. Florida 0-0 403
20. Davidson 0-0 347
21. Wake Forest 0-0 312
22. Georgetown 0-0 311
23. Villanova 0-0 256
24. Kansas 0-0 233
25. Wisconsin 0-0 196

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. North Carolina (31) 0-0 775
2. Connecticut 0-0 707
3. Louisville 0-0 694
4. UCLA 0-0 650
5. Duke 0-0 578
6. Pittsburgh 0-0 576
7. Michigan State 0-0 572
8. Texas 0-0 538
9. Notre Dame 0-0 525
10. Purdue 0-0 465
11. Gonzaga 0-0 437
12. Memphis 0-0 425
13. Tennessee 0-0 408
14. Oklahoma 0-0 387
15. Arizona State 0-0 304
16. Miami (FL) 0-0 233
17. Marquette 0-0 219
18. Georgetown 0-0 175
19. Florida 0-0 161
20. Davidson 0-0 158
21. USC 0-0 153
21. Wisconsin 0-0 153
23. Kansas 0-0 130
24. Wake Forest 0-0 129
25. Villanova 0-0 122

yeah yeah yeah...can't wait until March rolls around. Probably my favorite time of the year other than waking up on Saturday mornings to find College Gameday on and the leaves turnin' colors.

Not a lot of surprises but some interesting picks.

Davidson in the top 20 caught my attention. Stephen Curry is awesome. I'll be interested in seeing how things play out with UT this year. Both VT and Kentucky got a few votes but not enough to be ranked.

4 big east teams in the top 10.

Looking forward to seeing if Kentucky will be any better this year.

They play @ UNC in a week I believe.

I listen to the KY Blue Network radio shows sometimes, and there's definitely a lot of frustration among Wildcat fans.

I think a lot of people blamed all of Kentucky's problems on Tubby Smith and just assumed that when he left, the program would turn around. I think its going to take more than a coaching change for KY to re-establish themselves as a top tier basketball program. Right now, Kentucky is not competitive in recruiting the best talent.


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bkbasketball</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looking forward to seeing if Kentucky will be any better this year. </div></div>

UK has the money and facilities (and the coach) to get them back on the national stage, but it will take some time

one thing that hurts is that the kids who are 16, 17 and 18 right now were 6, 7, and 8 years old when UK last won the title in 1998, so that aura of Kentucky basketball just isn't "real" to them

A lot of kids don't want to play that slow down 50-45 basketball either.

that isn't really Gillispie's style, he had to cater to the personnel he was given

think about the team he had at Texas A&M with Acie Law