Earlier this week, Kentucky was unveiled as the No. 1 team in Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook’s preseason Top 25. Mike DeCourcy at The Sporting News agrees, putting the Cats atop his preseason poll that was released this afternoon. Kentucky is first, followed by Kansas, Gonzaga, Duke, and Virginia.
“In a season that will not rank among the most talent-rich in modern college basketball history, UK certainly qualifies as loaded,” DeCourcy writes. “The decision of former Pac-10 star Travis to join the Wildcats as a graduate transfer has given the team nine starting-quality players, which will cause some challenges for coach John Calipari in terms of building a style and rotation that works to maximize their abilities.