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NCAA Men’s Basketball: Top Teams [redux]

The first thing I have tried to do is to “shorten the benches” as teams’ depth charts have shifted and as the primary playing groups have tightened up (and as guys have gotten injured or come back from injury, or transferred).

I have cut the number of teams ranked down to 35 as I try to narrow my group of teams considered towards the group that I think will actually have a shot to do things in the NCAA tournament.

Large jumps (+10 spots) (liked them, but under-rated them in the pre-season rankings; or didn’t even rate them in the pre-season):

UVA, VA Tech, Iowa St, Buffalo, Nebraska, Louisville, OSU, Oklahoma, NC State, Iowa.