2013-2014 NCAA Basketball Preview

The college hoops season got tipped off over the weekend. It will go into high force tomorrow as the annual Tip Off Marathon takes place. A full day of nonstop action will get capped off by the Champions Classic in Chicago. Two of the highest profile games of the entire season will get the season started right. In the first game #1 Kentucky tries to prove just how loaded their freshmen class is against #2 Michigan State. Following that, we get a look at two of the most highly touted freshmen in years go head to head as Andrew Wiggins and Kansas battle Jabari Parker and Duke.

Below is how I see the season shaking out, with complete predictions for the 7 power conferences and NCAA Tournament teams listed for the other conferences. (Bold indicates NCAA Tournament team)

ACC
1. Duke
2. Syracuse
3. North Carolina
4. Notre Dame
5. Virginia
6. Miami
7. NC State
8. Florida State
9. Pittsburgh
10. Maryland
11. Georgia Tech
12. Boston College
13. Wake Forest
14. Clemson
15. Virginia Tech

American
1. Louisville
2. Memphis
3. UConn
4. Cincinnati
5. SMU
6. Temple
7. Houston
8. UCF
9. South Florida
10. Rutgers

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

Big 12
1. Kansas
2. Oklahoma State
3. Baylor
4. Kansas State
5. Iowa State
6. Texas
7. Oklahoma
8. West Virginia
9. Texas Tech
10. TCU

Big 10
1. Michigan State
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Indiana
5. Wisconsin
6. Iowa
7. Purdue
8. Illinois
9. Minnesota
10. Northwestern
11. Nebraska
12. Penn State

Pac-12
1. Arizona
2. Colorado
3. Oregon
4. UCLA
5. Cal
6. Stanford
7. Arizona State
8. Washington State
9. Washington
10. Oregon State
11. USC
12. Utah

SEC
1. Kentucky
2. Florida
3. Tennessee
4. LSU
5. Arkansas
6. Alabama
7. Missouri
8. Ole Miss
9. Texas A&M
10. Mississippi State
11. Vanderbilt
12. Georgia
13. South Carolina
14. Auburn

Mountain West
1. New Mexico
2. Boise State
3. San Diego State

Atlantic-10
1. VCU
2. St. Louis

WCC
1. Gonzaga
2. BYU

America East
1. Vermont

Atlantic Sun
1. Florida Gulf Coast

Big Sky
1. Weber State

Big South
1. Charleston Southern

Big West
1. Long Beach State

Colonial
1. Drexel

Conference USA
1. UTEP

Horizon
1. Detroit

Ivy
1. Harvard

MAAC
1. Iona

MAC
1. Akron

MEAC
1. Norfolk State

MVC
1. Wichita State

NEC
1. Robert Morris

OVC
1. Belmont

Patriot
1. Bucknell

SoCon
1. Davidson

Southland
1. Northwestern State

SWAC
1. Texas Southern

Summit
1. Denver

Sun Belt
1. Arkansas-Little Rock

WAC
1. New Mexico State