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Arkansas Razorbacks are No. 1 in Way-Too-Early Top 25 college basketball rankings for 2022-23

After an NCAA tournament that featured a 15-seed in the Elite Eight, a Duke-North Carolina rivalry game with unprecedented stakes, the final game of Mike Krzyzewski's legendary career and as hyped a Final Four as we'll ever see, we all need a minute to catch our breath and recharge.

Done? OK, good. Hope you're refreshed, because it's already time to look ahead to the 2022-23 college basketball season.

Let's get a couple of ground rules out of the way quickly.

One, any player currently projected by ESPN to be selected in June's NBA draft will be considered a departure for now.