Kentucky is No. 2 in NBC Sports' Way-Too-Early Rankings
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Now that (most of) the rosters for next season have taken shape, sports networks are beginning to update their preseason college basketball rankings for 2016-17. Rob Dauster over at College Basketball Talk released his new Way-Too-Early Rankings for the upcoming season and he has the Wildcats at No. 2, behind Duke.
Mark Zerof | USA Today[/caption]
Now that (most of) the rosters for next season have taken shape, sports networks are beginning to update their preseason college basketball rankings for 2016-17. Rob Dauster over at College Basketball Talk released his new Way-Too-Early Rankings for the upcoming season and he has the Wildcats at No. 2, behind Duke.
2. KentuckyAfter Duke and Kentucky, Dauster has Kansas, Villanova and Oregon to round out the top five. You can see the entire top-25 here. I'm afraid Duke at No. 1 and Kentucky at No. 2 is going to be the consensus heading into the season.
- Returning: Derek Willis, Dominique Hawkins, Isaac Humphries, Isaiah Briscoe
- Newcomers: De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk, Bam Adebayo, Wenyen Gabriel, Sacha Killeya-Jones, Tai Wynyard
- Why they’re here: Kentucky is No. 2 – more like No. 1b – because we were concerned about where they would get perimeter shooting from to space the floor. Fox, Monk and Adebayo will let Coach Cal return to his dribble-drive motion past, but the question is just how good of a shooter Gabriel and Killeya-Jones will be at the four and whether or not Willis can slide in and play small forward for a team at this level. [NBCSports.com]
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