ESPN/USA Today Coaches Preseason Men’s Basketball Poll

ESPN & USA Today released their preseason coaches’ poll Thursday afternoon with North Carolina nearly being a unanimous No. 1 selection, picking up 30 of 31 first-place votes.

Kentucky claimed the other first-place vote and checked in at second in the poll, followed by Ohio State, UConn and Syracuse to round out the Top 5.

The Big 12 was represented by 4 teams in the top 25 with Baylor sitting the highest at 12, followed Kansas at 13, Texas A&M checked in at 19^th and Missouri earned the 25^th ranking.

ESPN/USA Today preseason coaches poll

1. North Carolina (30)
2. Kentucky (1)
3. Ohio St.
4. Connecticut
5. Syracuse
6. Duke
7. Vanderbilt
8. Louisville
9. Memphis
10. Florida
11. Pittsburgh
12. Baylor
13. Kansas
14. Wisconsin
15. Xavier
16. Arizona
17. Alabama
18. Michigan
19. Texas A&M
20. UCLA
21. Marquette
22. Cincinnati
23. Gonzaga
24. California
25. Missouri

Others receiving votes: Florida State 108, Texas 107, Michigan State 73, Temple 59, Washington 29, Butler 25, New Mexico 22, Creighton 19, Villanova 18, Purdue 17, UNLV 16, West Virginia 13, George Mason 12, Mississippi State 11, St. John's 11, Saint Mary's 5, Virginia 5, Virginia Commonwealth 4, Drexel 2, Kansas State 2, Long Beach State 2, Notre Dame 1, Brigham Young 1.