Now that the 2008-09 season is all but a distant memory, it is time to look ahead to next season. People already have begun to assemble their predictions and rank the top teams. Those people are stupid. Seeing how I am about to link to all those predictions, I guess I am pretty stupid too.
Listed below are the publications and their top three teams for the 2009-10 season. Follow the links for the full lists (note: Georgetown will not be on any of them).
New York Times - #1 North Carolina, #2 Michigan St., #3 Purdue
NBC - #1 Kansas, #2 Syracuse, #3 Kentucky
SI - #1 Michigan St., #2 Kansas, #3 Syracuse
The Big Lead - #1 Syracuse, #2 Duke, #3 North Carolina
Chicago Tribune - #1 Kansas, #2 Syracuse, #3 North Carolina
OSF - #1 Duke, #2 Kansas, #3 Syracuse
Beyond the Arc - #1 Kansas, #2 Syracuse, #3 Duke
Good talk.