Post-Decision Day College Basketball Preseason 25

On Monday the college basketball waited with much anticipation to find out who was in and who was out, who was going to stay in the NBA Draft and who was going to head back to school to play college basketball for one more year. Now that the decisions have been made once and for all, the rankings have to be changed. Yesterday we detailed how the NBA Draft board changed in light of the decisions. Now, the preseason Top 25 team rankings will get the attention. Check out Andy Katz’s preseason top 25, made with the most recent news in mind.

Some of the most puzzling parts of Katz’s Top 25 are the teams that were not part of the equation when it came to making draft-or-college decisions. For example, the man has North Carolina in the top 5. We knew for sure that the Heels would loose Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green, way before Monday. That’s pretty much all of their contributors from their fantastic national championship squad. It’s basically a blank slate out there now. But then Andy might know something we don’t. One team that fell in the poll slightly was Kentucky, which lost Jodie Meeks this week. Would they have placed higher than UNC if he had stayed?

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Mock Drafts Getting Re-Done in Light of Decision Day

Decision day came on Monday the 15th for college basketball players. You had to either file the paperwork to get back into college or file the paperwork to continue into the NBA Draft. Yesterday we highlighted some of the big-timers and their decisions about whether to go pro or stay in school. Now all of the NBA Draft projections are getting revamped in light of the new information. If you had Luke Harangody going in the high first round to a team in need of a big man, you’re going to have to check that and go with another guy, maybe even Psycho-T. FoxSports.com has their own Draft projection board. Check it out.

Has anything changed drastically? Well, Blake Griffin is still the No. 1 pick, as he has been since the draft projecting began. Hasheem Thabeet is second, but after that, things get a little trickier. In Fox’s projections they have Arizona State star James Harden going third and Ricky Rubio, the Spanish import, going fourth. Not many drafts have Rubio out of the top three. At No. 10 Jeff Teague of Wake Forest is the first real decision day change. He was on the fence about going pro, but decided to go for it. Will he go as a lottery pick, though? Ans why is Jrue Holliday listed at No. 18? Well, these are guesses for a reason. Sometimes they turn out all wrong.

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