College Basketball Conference Previews

Conference Previews

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Our team ADJeff (Adjusted Efficiency) rating primarily measures the talent of returning players. It does not account for factors such as coaching, team fit, continuity, spacing, etc. While it serves as a crucial guidepost for evaluating experienced and proven talent— which is the primary component of the rankings— coaching, fit, and other factors are also considered. This is why these rankings are not solely based on ADJeff.

*Players Below without a blue hyperlink are projected

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	Previews
Big 12	Big Ten	SEC
ACC	Big East	Mid Major


Team Rankings	Player Ratings	Transfer Rankings
Team ADJeff	Bracketology	Resources

		ADJeff	2024-25
1	Purdue	4.1	15
2	Houston	4.0	2
3	Florida	3.7	3
4	BYU	3.9	26
5	Gonzaga	3.7	8
6	Kentucky	3.8	16
7	Illinois	3.9	17
8	UConn	3.7	32
9	Duke	3.6	1
10	St John’s	3.6	14
11	Tennessee	3.3	5
12	Iowa State	3.2	11
13	Michigan	3.8	21
14	Arizona	3.4	13
15	Alabama	3.1	6
16	Texas Tech	3.1	9
17	Wisconsin	3.0	12
18	UCLA	3.4	20
19	Louisville	3.5	28
20	Ohio State	3.6	37
21	Ole Miss	3.4	22
22	Vanderbilt	3.6	48
23	Arkansas	3.4	36
24	NC State	3.3	125
25	Kansas	3.1	24
26	North Carolina	3.2	31
27	Oregon	3.0	27
28	USC	3.5	57
29	Auburn	3.8	4
30	Washington	3.4	104
31	Texas A&M	3.4	18
32	Michigan State	2.9	7
33	Miss State	2.9	33
34	San Diego State	2.7	51
35	Texas	3.1	47
36	Missouri	2.8	19
37	Virginia	2.9	106
38	Iowa	2.5	62
39	Creighton	2.6	35
40	Baylor	2.6	30
41	Indiana	2.7	45
42	Maryland	2.6	10
43	SMU	2.9	50
44	Providence	3.1	96
45	Miami	3.1	193
46	Saint Mary’s	2.3	25
47	Nebraska	2.6	46
48	Cincinnati	2.9	55
49	Oklahoma State	2.9	97
50	Marquette	2.4	29
51	Northwestern	2.3	44
52	Clemson	2.3	23
53	Utah State	2.5	61
54	Georgia	2.6	38
55	Minnesota	2.3	83
56	Boise State	2.3	49
57	Kansas State	2.6	65
58	TCU	2.6	86
59	Syracuse	2.6	115
60	West Virginia	2.2	53
61	Oklahoma	2.5	40
62	Pitt	2.4	63
63	Wake Forest	2.4	72
64	South Florida	2.1	232
65	San Francisco	2.1	66
66	Xavier	2.1	43
67	Memphis	2.2	54
68	LSU	2.5	88
69	Georgetown	2.4	90
70	Virginia Tech	2.5	164
71	Villanova	2.1	56
72	UCF	2.5	67
73	Colorado	2.2	87
74	Nevada	2.1	78
75	Arizona State	2.1	73
76	Dayton	2.1	77
77	Butler	2.1	75
78	South Carolina	2.0	69
79	Notre Dame	2.3	98
80	Saint Louis	2.2	121
81	Loyola Chicago	2.1	107
82	DePaul	2.3	122
83	Utah	2.2	76
84	Georgia Tech	2.1	103
85	Cal	2.1	110
86	Florida State	2.1	91
87	New Mexico	1.8	41
88	G. Washington	1.9	128
89	Rutgers	1.9	70
90	Liberty	1.7	64
91	Santa Clara	1.7	59
92	George Mason	1.7	79
93	VCU	1.9	34
94	Grand Canyon	1.9	101
95	UAB	1.8	99
96	Charleston	2.0	153
97	Penn State	1.8	58
98	Stanford	1.8	81
99	Oregon St.	1.7	80
100	UCSB	1.8	148
101	Duquesne	1.8	140
102	Rhode Island	1.8	157
103	Yale	1.6	74
104	Belmont	1.7	124
105	High Point	1.6	82
106	Jacksonville St.	1.7	108
107	St. Bonaventure	1.7	123
108	UNCW	1.6	105
109	Boston College	1.8	181
110	Illinois State	1.7	132
111	New Mexico State	1.7	131
112	Tulane	1.7	144
113	Akron	1.7	100
114	Wichita State	1.7	136
115	UMass	1.8	222
116	Kennesaw St.	1.7	131
117	North Texas	1.8	71
118	UNLV	1.7	93
119	Radford	1.7	151
120	Seton Hall	1.7	204
121	UTSA	1.8	191
122	Illinois Chicago	1.7	171
123	Richmond	1.7	247
124	Murray State	1.7	138
125	UC Irvine	1.5	68
126	UC San Diego	1.5	39
127	Chattanooga	1.5	94
128	Bradley	1.5	92
129	Colorado State	1.6	42
130	St. Joe’s	1.6	85
131	JMU	1.6	160
132	WKU	1.6	161
133	Seattle	1.5	145
134	Arkansas St	1.5	84
135	Tulsa	1.7	267
136	Pacific	1.7	284
137	Rice	1.6	188
138	East Carolina	1.7	176
139	Sacramento St	1.7	348
140	Bowling Green	1.6	289
141	Abilene Christian	1.5	221
142	LaSalle	1.6	229
143	Wyoming	1.6	185
144	Towson	1.5	152
145	N. Iowa	1.5	102
146	Hawaii	1.7	227
147	UNCG	1.5	143
148	LMU	1.4	155
149	Cal Poly	1.4	182
150	La Tech	1.5	127

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