As the dust settles on college rosters now that the early-entry deadline has passed, all of the national outlets are releasing new preseason rankings for next season. Not surprisingly, most of them have Kentucky in the top five thanks to PJ Washington’s decision to return to school…except for one.
Here’s a roundup:
To me, this is by far Kentucky’s best team since 2015, and by far its most genuine threat to cut down the nets since then as well. If this team somehow adds Reid Travis to the fold they will be the unquestioned No. 1 going into the season, but with Washington back I don’t think they necessarily need to add him to complete for a title either.