BBall AP/Coaches Preseason Polls - Michigan, RV

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B1G with 5 ranked teams: Wisconsin,  MSU, Indiana, Purdue, Maryland.

RV: OSU, Michigan

Non-conference opponents: UCLA, Texas

AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Duke (58) 0-0 1,612
2 Kentucky (2) 0-0 1,479
3 Kansas 0-0 1,476
4 Villanova (4) 0-0 1,465
5 Oregon (1) 0-0 1,343
6 North Carolina 0-0 1,314
7 Xavier 0-0 1,167
8 Virginia 0-0 1,149
9 Wisconsin 0-0 1,135
10 Arizona 0-0 1,004
11 Indiana 0-0 917
12 Michigan State 0-0 903
13 Louisville 0-0 755
14 Gonzaga 0-0 699
15 Purdue 0-0 672
16 UCLA 0-0 540
17 Saint Mary's 0-0 512
18 Connecticut 0-0 504
19 Syracuse 0-0 464
20 West Virginia 0-0 360
21 Texas 0-0 250
22 Creighton 0-0 231
23 Rhode Island 0-0 199
24 Iowa State 0-0 168
25 Maryland 0-0 144
  • Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 110, Dayton 98, Florida State 88, California 74, San Diego State 48, Miami 35, NC State 29, Butler 21, Wichita St 21, Ohio State 18, Virginia Tech 18, Florida 18, Texas A&M 14, Mississippi State 14, Oklahoma 11, Colorado 10, Michigan 8, Monmouth 7, Notre Dame 6, Washington 5, Seton Hall 5, Princeton 2, Ohio 1, Vanderbilt 1, Harvard 1
  • Dropped from rankings: Oklahoma 7, Miami 10, Texas A&M 15, Seton Hall 20, California 23
USA Today Coaches Poll
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Duke (27) 0-0 792
2 Kansas (1) 0-0 721
3 Villanova (1) 0-0 700
4 Kentucky (2) 0-0 695
5 Oregon (1) 0-0 620
6 North Carolina 0-0 614
7 Virginia 0-0 596
8 Xavier 0-0 552
9 Michigan State 0-0 544
10 Wisconsin 0-0 487
11 Arizona 0-0 468
12 Indiana 0-0 435
13 Gonzaga 0-0 371
14 Louisville 0-0 367
15 Purdue 0-0 324
16 Connecticut 0-0 239
17 Syracuse 0-0 224
18 West Virginia 0-0 204
19 Saint Mary's 0-0 203
20 UCLA 0-0 185
21 Maryland 0-0 153
22 Texas 0-0 124
23 Creighton 0-0 113
24 Rhode Island 0-0 85
25 Cincinnati 0-0 75
  • Others receiving votes: Florida State 65, Iowa State 56, California 43, Miami 35, Dayton 34, Oklahoma 33, Seton Hall 24, Texas A&M 22, Notre Dame 18, San Diego State 17, Virginia Tech 16, Wichita St 15, Butler 14, USC 14, Ohio State 12, Colorado 11, Florida 11, Clemson 11, Michigan 10, Pittsburgh 7, Georgia 6, Yale 6, VCU 6, Chattanooga 5, Washington 4, Kansas State 3, Nevada 3, Davidson 2, Valparaiso 2, Arkansas 2, Utah 1, SMU 1
  • Dropped from rankings: Oklahoma 4, Miami 8, Texas A&M 12, Iowa State 15, Notre Dame 17, Utah 20
MGoBoard

Blue and Joe

October 31st, 2016 at 12:37 PM ^

I may be in the minority, but I think we will surprise people this year. Our core players are back and we have some good freshman. I don't think we will win the B1G, but we are a tournament team.

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mvp

October 31st, 2016 at 12:56 PM ^

KenPom has us as a preseason 31, so that matches those rankings pretty well.

I continue to be surprised that we don't end up with better recruiting classes than we do.  I know we aren't a blue blood basketball program, but we seem to be below a surprising number of teams.

Oh well -- just need to Win the Game!

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amir_6

October 31st, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^

With this year being "The Year of the Freshman" in College Basketball. There is going to be A LOT of upsets. Glad that we have a senior-laden team.

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Ty Butterfield

October 31st, 2016 at 3:15 PM ^

I believe former UCLA coach Jim Harrick had a decent run at Rhode Island a number of years ago.

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PurpleStuff

October 31st, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^

Harrick got fired one year after winning the national title at UCLA for recruiting shenanigans and later booted at Georgia for a long list of NCAA violations. Odom got UNLV put on probation even though he never ended up going there. It was a match made in heaven that ended in the Elite Eight against Mark Madsen and Stanford.

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