Kevo’s College Basketball Pre-Season top 25 | Update 2.0

It’s nearly college football season, which really just means it’s almost college basketball season again. I have updated my pre-season college basketball top 25 rankings. There have been some big roster changes recently and the new rankings reflect that. Read along for the top 25!

College basketball Rosters in flux…

An object in motion stays in motion, and the same applies to college basketball rosters in this era. It is late in the off-season and we are still getting multiple landscape-altering moves. Texas added the No. 1 recruit in the 2027 class, Marcus Spears Jr., who reclassified to play for Sean Miller. UCLA added Nikola Kusturica who could very well be a top-3 pick in 2028. Gonzaga lost Mario Saint-Supery to the Euro League. St. John’s must now adjust to being without Donnie Freeman, who tore his achilles.

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The college basketball landscape has once again shifted, let’s break down how that affects the top end of the sport.

The Top 10

1. Florida

Florida will return four of five starters from last season and three national champions. That is something no other college basketball team in the country can say. A No. 1 seed last season and No. 1 on my top 25, it would take something substantially surprising to knock them from this spot in the pre-season.

2. Duke

Duke has stockpiled talent this off-season like people stockpiled toilet paper in 2020. Jon Scheyer compiled a class of Bryson Howard, Cam Williams, Maxime Meyer, Deron Rippey, Drew Scharnowski, John Blackwell, Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje and Jacob Theodosiou.

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The Blue Devils have three 5-star recruits and the second-ranked class in the country. That youth will be added to returning pieces such as Dame Sarr, Caleb Foster and Patrick Ngongba.

The biggest addition to the team is young superstar prospect Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje. “JBB” as the Blue Devils are calling him, is an early leader for the No. 1 overall pick title in the 2028 NBA Draft. He must play two seasons at Duke, a fact that…

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