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College Basketball Preseason Top 25: Virginia Tabbed No. 8

Four ACC teams check into the Top 10, with the Hoos coming in eighth.

By Brian J. Leung
Bruce Bennett

The USA Today Coaches Poll released their Preseason Top 25 Thursday afternoon. The Kentucky Wildcats get the top spot with 24 of the 32 first place votes. The 2015 National Champion Virginia Cavaliers are tabbed No. 8.

With Duke at No. 3, UNC No. 6 and Louisville No. 9, there are four ACC teams in the top ten, and Syracuse comes in at No. 24.

Looking at Virginia's schedule, the Hoos will have six Top 25 matchups (vs. Duke, at UNC, Louisville twice, at Syracuse and at VCU) and another six against teams receiving votes (vs. Harvard, vs. Pitt, at Notre Dame, vs. Florida State, vs. George Washington, at Miami).

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RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS 1ST PLACE VOTES
1 Kentucky 29-11 785 24
2 Arizona 33-5 746 3
3 Duke 26-9 715 2
4 Wisconsin 30-8 706 3
5 Kansas 25-10 654 0
6 North Carolina 24-10 598 0
7 Florida 36-3 568 0
8 Virginia 30-7 519 0
9 Louisville 31-6 507 0
10 Texas 24-11 479 0
11 Wichita State 35-1 471 0
12 Villanova 29-5 439 0
13 Gonzaga 29-7 423 0
14 Iowa St. 28-8 323 0
15 Connecticut 32-8 292 0
16 Virginia Commonwealth 26-9 259 0
17 San Diego State 31-5 251 0
18 Michigan State 29-9 241 0
19 Oklahoma 23-10 237 0
20 Ohio State 25-10 223 0
21 Nebraska 19-13 156 0
22 Southern Methodist Univ. 27-10 149 0
23 Michigan 28-9 139 0
24 Syracuse 28-6 128 0
25 Iowa 20-13 56 0

Others Receiving Votes: Harvard 47; Stanford 47; Kansas State 37; Pittsburgh 36; Utah 26; Memphis 25; Minnesota 18; UCLA 15; New Mexico 11; Oregon 9; Louisiana Tech 8; Colorado 8; Arkansas 8; Dayton 6; Providence 5; Notre Dame 5; Massachusetts 4; Georgetown 4; Illinois 4; Texas-El Paso 4; Florida State 3; Baylor 2; George Washington 1; Miami (Fla.) 1; Toledo 1; Saint Mary's 1.

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