PLEASE NOTE: At this point we know who will and who won’t be entering the NBA Draft, and with the majority of the nation’s elite recruits (including Jaylen Brown) having pledged to a school, we’ve reached a point where this preseason top 25 is just about official.
1. North Carolina
- Who’s back: Marcus Paige, Brice Johnson, Justin Jackson, Kennedy Meeks, Isaiah Hicks
- Who’s gone: J.P. Tokoto, Desmond Hubert.
- Who they’re getting: Luke Maye
- Why they’re here: Marcus Paige is going to be healthy, the Tar Heels return their entire front line and Joel Berry and Justin Jackson will have a full offseason to turn into the complimentary players they showed flashes of being at the end of the season.