Boom or bust? Here’s how every men’s preseason Leading 25

• John Gasaway, ESPN InsiderOct 30, 2023, 09:30 AM ET Close ESPN Insider college basketball factor

• First started covering college hoops in 2004
• Has actually composed for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal

Given that UConn lowered the internet at the men’s Final 4 in Houston in April, there’s been a bargain of change in the sport.Rick Pitino

is back in the Big East, a league he initially graced as an up-and-coming head coach 38 years earlier. Thanks to an NCAA guideline modification, players can now wear any number they desire on their jerseys from 0 to 99. The USC roster now includes a 6-foot-4 first-year guard with a rather storied name. Hunter Dickinson invested the offseason being hailed as “the best transfer of the portal era.” He was called a first-team preseason All-American as a member of the AP survey’s No. 1 team (see below). It was a nice offseason for him.Now comes the basketball. Before the 2023-24 season officially pointers off, we’re forecasting the greatest practical highs and the lowest possible lows for each team in the AP preseason Leading 25.

If we found out anything from the 2022-23 preseason No. 1– North Carolina– missing the NCAA competition completely, it’s that surprises do happen. Here’s one sketch of what’s possible for the country’s leading 25 teams.

Finest case: Everything exercises just like you ‘d get out of a reigning Huge 12 champ with 3 returning beginners and the country’s leading transfer. A veteran rotation headlined by Dickinson (newly shown up from Michigan), Dajuan Harris Jr., Kevin McCullar Jr. and K.J. Adams Jr. proves that age is an important property in the portal age. Dickinson, Harris and McCullar will all be 23 come competition time.