ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Preseason Poll

The ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Preseason Poll is out for men’s basketball and the UConn Huskies find themselves as the No. 4 team in the land. They finished last season as the No. 1 team after not being ranked at the start of the season.

The North Carolina Tar Heels are on top and followed by Kentucky, Ohio State, UConn and Syracuse.

Besides UConn and Syracuse, the Big East is represented in the poll by Louisville (8), Pittsburgh (11), Marquette (21) and Cincinnati (22). Villanova, West Virginia, St. John’s and Notre Dame are among the others receiving votes.

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Rank Team 2010 Record Points 2010-11 Final Ranking
1 North Carolina (30) 29-8 774 8
2 Kentucky (1) 29-9 721 3
3 Ohio State 34-3 702 5
4 Connecticut 32-9 655 1
5 Syracuse 27-8 649 18
6 Duke 32-5 635 7
7 Vanderbilt 23-11 567 NR
8 Louisville 25-10 514 22
9 Memphis 25-10 482 NR
10 Florida 29-8 474 10
11 Pittsburgh 28-6 471 12
12 Baylor 18-13 358 NR
13 Kansas 35-3 331 4
14 Wisconsin 25-9 313 15
15 Xavier 24-8 277 NR
16 Arizona 30-8 269 9
17 Alabama 24-11 194 NR
18 Michigan 21-14 187 NR
19 Texas A&M 24-9 161 NR
20 UCLA 23-11 147 NR
21 Marquette 22-15 145 20
22 Cincinnati 26-9 141 NR
23 Gonzaga 25-10 125 NR
24 California 18-15 111 NR
25 Missouri 23-11 110 NR
Dropped out:
Butler 2, Virginia Commonwealth 6, Brigham Young 13, Notre Dame 14, Texas 16, Purdue 17, Florida State 19, Washington 23, Kansas State 24
Others receiving votes:
Florida State 108, Texas 107, Michigan State 73, Temple 59, Washington 29, Butler 25, New Mexico 22, Creighton 19, Villanova 18, Purdue 17, UNLV 16, West Virginia 13, George Mason 12, Mississippi State 11, St. John’s 11, Saint Mary’s 5, Virginia 5, Virginia Commonwealth 4, Drexel 2, Kansas State 2, Long Beach State 2, Notre Dame 1, Brigham Young 1