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Which early-season surprises are really contenders

The "no great team" narrative is growing louder and louder as the perceived favorites continue to struggle or drop games. It might indeed be true. When the No. 1 team changes multiple times in less than a month, when the preseason favorite loses to Boston College and NC State, when the midseason favorite loses on back-to-back weekends by a combined 26 points, it's hard to argue that there's a clear-cut great team in college basketball this season.

There are plenty of very good teams, however, and it might be a year when we don't see the usual suspects fill up the Final Four.