Mike Krzyzewski isn't walking through that door as Duke's head coach. Your defending champion is Kansas for the first time in 14 years.
When you see Villanova's Jay Wright next March, he'll be covering the action as an analyst. If an analytically savvy former head coach with two national titles utters the words "You don't need a 3 here," we'll have conclusive proof it really is a nonnegotiable clause in the contract of every announcer.
Welcome to the 2022-23 men's college basketball season. Before it officially tips on Monday, we're forecasting the highest possible highs and the lowest conceivable lows for every team in the AP top 25.