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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/earlytop25040422/arkansas-razorbacks-no-1-way-too-early-top-25-college-basketball-rankings-2022-23

9. Creighton
13. Villanova
20. Xavier

Might as well make this the preseason rankings topic?

Sports Illustrated (Sweeney):

https://www.si.com/college/2022/04/05/ncaa-basketball-rankings-early-top-25-arkansas-kentucky

7 Creighton
16 Nova
23 UCONN

Sporting News (Decourcey):

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-2022-23-kentucky-ucla-top-25/ux3bcoa9s0k7bx8772mosjhq

10 Nova
12 Creighton
22 Xavier
25 Providence

Rothstein:

#8 Villanova
#10 Creighton
#24 UConn
#33 Xavier
#36 Marquette

https://collegehoopstoday.com/index.php/rothstein-files/rothstein-45-22-23-preseason-edition/

After Slick Rick moves his desk from New Rochelle to Queens you'll have the Johnnies in the top 10 with the MIGHTY JAYS!

So looking ahead to next year- here are the tourney sites for next year-
Orlando
Birmingham
Des Moines
Sacramento
Albany
Greensboro
Columbus
Denver

NYC
Las Vegas
Louisville
Kansas City

I don't know- a Des Moines/Kansas City combo for Creighton sounds pretty good. Or Columbus/Louisville for a Xavier.

Got some chances for pretty decent advantages if the season goes well next year for the league.

Parrish:

#14 Creighton
#15 Villanova

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-ucla-is-no-1-over-no-2-unc-in-never-too-early-preseason-2022-23-top-25-and-1/

Sleeping on the Friars and Pirates, as usual...

Stadium- Jeff Goodman
10 - Jays
13 - Nova
17 - Xavier


Athletic- Seth Davis
11 - Jays
14 - Nova


247 Sports
14 - Jays
18 - Nova
28 - Marq
34 - Prov
39 - UConn
43 - Xavier


Busting Brackets
10 - Jays
16 - Nova

Sooo. looks like an early consensus of (in order):

Six make the dance, again? X replacing SH if this is the actual case. I'm certain that
the Hall and Holloway will have something to say bout that, as well.

Jays
Nova
Xav
UConn
Prov
Marquette

**However, I have the utmost faith in the Big East Coaches. They'll have lil Cr8n 7th in their
preseason BE Coaches Poll (as usual)!!!

Early Big East rankings from Hartford:

https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-men-big-east-coaching-20220404-20220404-yfwctbreavabjdrbjgc7ipwigu-story.html

1. Creighton
2. Villanova
3. Marquette
4. UCONN
5. Providence
6. Xavier
7. Seton Hall
8. St. John's
9. DePaul
10. Butler
11. Georgetown