Good morning everyone –
Yes I know the Champions League happened, and continues to happen. So too does the EFL Championship and League One. But there’s nothing more important than the AP Top 25 preseason rankings for the NCAA Men’s College Basketball.
Here’s the top 25:
1. Florida (47)
2. Duke (10)
3. Illinois (2)
4. UConn
5. Arizona
6. Michigan State
7. Texas
8. Tennessee
9. Virginia
10. Houston
11. Louisville
12. Arkansas
13. St. John’s
14. Miami (FL)
15. Gonzaga
16. Michigan
17. Kansas
18. Iowa State
19. Texas Tech
20. Alabama
21. USC
22. UCLA
23. Kentucky
24. Vanderbilt
25. BYU
I want to point your attention towards the only team that matters: St Johns’s University.
Your hoddler-in-chief’s alma matter is currently 13th in the country before a bucket is scored. Whatever, I don’t care. We’re back-to-back BigEast Champs.
The Red Storm are coming off their first Sweet 16 appearance in more than 25 years, and brought in a heck of a transfer class to replenish a squad that’s now without Zuby Ejiofor, now with the Atlanta Hawks.
The in-conference schedule is always difficult, and of course the Johnnies play UConn at least twice. But there are a couple other games of note including a home game versus Syracuse, another one against Arizona and a trip to Alabama.
Tip-off is in just a couple weeks.
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And now for your links:
Jack P-B ($$): “James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski and a Tottenham team reacquainting themselves with joy”
Football London: “What happened in Tottenham’s dressing room after win and Maddison’s classy Luca Williams-Barnett moment”