Preseason NCAA Basketball 2013 - 2014 Rankings: Top 10
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14
Season• This season of NCAA basketball was one that would
be perfect for a sports book. Looking ahead, though, which are the teams that are most likely to prevail next year?
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14
Season
• The best teams for the 2013-14 games, despite my biases against some of them, will probably be some of the ones we saw make it to the top this year.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
10) Syracuse. Thanks to coach Jim Boeheim, this team will excel despite losing two of its best players this year.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• They went to the Final Four this year, and next year, the Orange might take it all the way to the top.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
9) Marquette. They slid into the Elite Eight this season, and coach Buzz Williams is probably itching to bring the team further next year.
[source: http://www.thebestsportsblog.com/marquette-basketball.html]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• With most of its crucial players staying on, this team has a solid chance.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
8) North Carolina. The Tar Heels already have five championships to their name.
[source: http://www.overtimesportstalk.com/?p=183]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• Nate Britt has been added as a point guard along with several other recruits, and the resulting combination of players could make history.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
7) Florida. The Gators took a hit this year, losing Rik Murphy, Kenny Boynton, and Mike Rosario.
[source: http://gamedayr.com/gamedayr/florida-gators-beat-air-force-basketball-recap/]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• Still, with the addition of Kasey Hill, they may be able to make a comeback next season.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
6) Ohio State. These guys lost big-scorer Deshaun Thomas, but have four great starters returning.
[source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/ncaa-basketball-ohio-state-pulls-away-from-cincinnati/2012/03/22/gIQA5FosUS_blog.html]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
5) Duke. Mike Krzyzewski, or "Coach K" as the team calls him, has not only coached Duke, but the Olympic basketball team as well.
[source: http://www.dukechronicle.com/articles/2013/04/16/duke-basketballs-seth-curry-undergoes-surgery]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• With Quinn Cook and Jabari Parker onboard for next year, the other teams might have to watch themselves.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
4) Arizona. Led by Sean Miller and featuring Nick Johnson and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, this team could show us some moves usually reserved for sports fiction stories.
[source: http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildcatreport/2013/01/27/arizona-basketball-chol-york-working-hard-on-the-fringe-of-playing-rotation/]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
3) Michigan State. The green-and-white clad team led by Tom Izzo made it to the Sweet Sixteen this year.
[source: http://www.umhoops.com/2012/10/05/ask-the-beat-will-michigan-be-an-uptempo-team-in-2012-13/]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• Perhaps next year they can take their game even further.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
2) Louisville. Hopefully Russ Smith, this team's best scorer, will pass on the NBA draft for one more year.
[source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1589531-louisville-vs-wichita-state-nba-comparison-for-starters-in-final-four-showdown]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• After all, the team is already losing Peyton Siva, arguably the team's leader. Terry Rozier and Chris Jones, both point guards, could step in.
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
1) Kentucky. The Wildcats could face-off against its aforementioned neighbor in what could become one for the books--or perhaps just a sports novel.
[source: http://www.takingbadschotz.com/?p=8112]
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10 Best NCAA Teams as Predicted for the 2013-14 Season
• Julius Randle and James Young could, along with the rest of the team, carry the school to victory.
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Future 2014 Champions: Kentucky
And that’s it for our way-too-early NCAA men’s basketball preseason rankings for 2013-2014.
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