Oakland: Greg Kampe's got a first team all league-caliber player with Jalen Moore, who had the No. Expect more of the same, as Kevin Broadus tries to bring this team back to the Big Dance for the first time since 2010.Ģ25. Morgan State: The Bears and Norfolk State were clearly 1 and 2 in the MEAC last season. opted to stay home, play for his father and make the Horizon League as enticing as it's been in a long time.Ģ24. Milwaukee: I can 100% declare this is the most interesting sub-200 team I've ever ranked because it's the only sub-200 team I've ever ranked that has a potential top-five NBA pick on the roster. It should come as no surprise to learn this is almost an entirely new roster.Ģ05. Hard to see the Chippewas being a force in the MAC, but even the bottom-tier teams in that league usually don't fall far beyond this spot, historically. 3 for Tony Barbee, who was 82-52 at UTEP and 49-75 at Auburn. PG Tre Cobbs, his young'un teammate, is in his sixth year.Ģ04. This will be his seventh season of college! He's working on a second master's. The guy started his career at Purdue in 2015. Georgia Southern: I'm told this is a really fun group to coach it will be one of the more veteran-laden mid-majors this season as well. You can count on it: at least three of these programs will make their way to the NCAA Tournament in six months.Ģ03. Interesting squads abound! There will inevitably be a crew or two or 10 in here that wind up wildly overshooting expectations and turn themselves into league contenders in their mid- and low-major conferences. (I'm afraid to report there are so many bad teams.) There are plenty of good ones. In this section you'll find more than just bad teams. That's a substantial population of the sport - 44.4% of it. Today's opening salvo has capsules for teams ranked 201st through 358th. The 1-358 will run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. We are teasing you by breaking this up into three parts. Don't even bother going back to previous seasons to fact-check me. We do this every year and wouldn't you know it every year I get every team in exactly the right order. 1-358 ranking of every school in men's college hoops. That in mind, I couldn't go another day without handing over our biggest piece of preseason content at CBS Sports: my beloved/unpropitious/mockable/earnest No. 9.) So we've still got some time, but you know games will be here before too long. College basketball starts in less than a month.