No, Marquette Men’s Basketball Is Not In Preseason AP Top 25
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In case the Big Ten isn’t producing enough headlines recently, what with Penn State firing James Franklin and the conference pondering a $2.4 billion cash infusion, the basketball school in the bottom left corner of the footprint has quietly delivered a notable nugget.
Seven teams could begin the year in the preseason Top 25, and the computers love the league. The Torvik ratings have 15 Big Ten teams in the top 50, and only one (Penn State) outside the top 100. Based on preseason projections, Purdue and Michigan look like potential No. 1 seeds.
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Crosstown rival UCLA, meanwhile, dominated the preseason spotlight. The Bruins were unanimously voted as the Big Ten’s top team and senior center Lauren Betts — the reigning Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year — was named the Preseason Player of the Year by both the coaches and the media.