[2023] Preseason Team Talent Rankings

[SageBow]

Much like @tsweezy preseason CFB post, I've finished running my proprietary algorithm for this upcoming 2023 CBB season below. As always, if you don't like it, make your own system.

 

Rankings wise, this takes into account a rough 8 man rotation for every team, with a weight for the top 5 "starting" players and additional bonus points for the team's "star player" based off his letter values. I did rework the logic to try and account for the various new schemes, but if anything this is a solid starting point. 

 

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Rank	Team	Rating
1	Appalachian State	288.5
2	Villanova	284
3	San Francisco	283
4	Wisconsin	282.5
5	Purdue	276
6	Army	274
7	Marshall	274
8	Arizona	269
9	Ole Miss	269
10	UMBC	268.5
11	Air Force	268
12	Baylor	267
13	BYU	266
14	Davidson	266
15	St. John's	265.5
16	Kentucky	265
17	St. Bonaventure	265
18	South Alabama	264.5
19	DePaul	263.5
20	Utah	263
21	Kansas	262.5
22	Liberty	262
23	Rhode Island	262
24	West Virginia	261.5
25	UC Irvine	260
26	UCLA	260
27	Georgia Tech	259
28	Seton Hall	258.5
29	Louisiana Tech	257.5
30	Miami (FL)	257.5
31	Gonzaga	257
32	Michigan	255.5
33	Michigan State	255.5
34	Colorado State	254.5
35	Wichita State	254.5
36	Pittsburgh	254.5
37	Texas A&M	254.5
38	Iowa State	250.5
39	Temple	250.5
40	Portland	250
41	Dayton	250
42	Duquesne	249.5
43	Indiana	249
44	Kent State	248.5
45	Southern Miss	248.5
46	SMU	247.5
47	Toledo	247.5
48	Ohio State	245.5
49	Arkansas State	245
50	Wyoming	245
51	Eastern Michigan	245
52	George Washington	245
53	Colorado	244.5
54	Bowling Green	244.5
55	Coastal Carolina	244
56	Georgia	244
57	LSU	242.5
58	Memphis	242.5
59	Minnesota	242.5
60	Louisville	242
61	Old Dominion	241.5
62	Mississippi State	239.5
63	Central Michigan	239.5
64	Texas State	239.5
65	FIU	239
66	Virginia	239
67	Virginia Tech	239
68	Northern Illinois	238.5
69	Western Michigan	237.5
70	Buffalo	236
71	Tulane	236
72	UTEP	236
73	Nevada	235.5
74	Missouri	235
75	North Carolina	234.5
76	Navy	234
77	Pacific	234
78	East Carolina	234
79	Duke	232.5
80	Kansas State	232.5
81	San Diego State	232
82	George Mason	231.5
83	Loyola Marymount	231.5
84	Louisiana	231
85	California	230
86	Illinois	230
87	UAB	230
88	Oregon State	230
89	Washington State	230
90	Hawaii	229.5
91	Richmond	229.5
92	Alabama	229.5
93	Wake Forest	228.5
94	USC	228.5
95	Florida Gulf Coast	228
96	Iowa	228
97	Jacksonville	226.5
98	Texas	226.5
99	Arkansas	226
100	San Diego	226
101	Boise State	226
102	Boston College	225.5
103	Georgia Southern	224.5
104	James Madison	224.5
105	South Carolina	224
106	UMass	224
107	South Dakota State	224
108	Syracuse	223.5
109	Evansville	223
110	Akron	223
111	UConn	222.5
112	Clemson	222
113	Santa Clara	221.5
114	Florida	221.5
115	Saint Joseph's	221.5
116	Florida Atlantic	221
117	Cincinnati	220.5
118	Maryland	220.5
119	New Mexico	220
120	Charlotte	219.5
121	Georgetown	219.5
122	South Florida	219
123	Houston	218.5
124	Stanford	217.5
125	Nebraska	217
126	Penn State	217
127	Fresno State	215.5
128	Texas Tech	215.5
129	Rice	215
130	UCF	215
131	Notre Dame	214.5
132	TCU	214
133	Ball State	214
134	Florida State	213.5
135	UTSA	213.5
136	Georgia State	213
137	Marquette	213
138	Rutgers	212.5
139	Vanderbilt	212.5
140	Tulsa	212
141	UNLV	211
142	Louisiana-Monroe	211
143	Oklahoma State	209
144	Fordham	209
145	New Mexico State	209
146	Xavier	208.5
147	Western Kentucky	207
148	Seattle	207
149	Troy	206.5
150	North Texas	206.5
151	Saint Louis	206.5
152	Oregon	206
153	Utah State	206
154	Arizona State	205
155	Creighton	204.5
156	La Salle	201.5
157	Ohio	200.5
158	Saint Mary's	199
159	Providence	197
160	Pepperdine	191.5
161	NC State	191
162	Butler	190.5
163	Miami (OH)	189.5
164	Loyola Chicago	187
165	Washington	185
166	Middle Tennessee	182.5
167	Auburn	179
168	Northwestern	176
169	Omaha	175.5
170	Oklahoma	175
171	Virginia Commonwealth	173.5
172	Tennessee	165.5
173	San Jose State	145.5
174	North Alabama	100
175	Stephen F. Austin	94.5
176	Alabama State	87.5
177	Portland State	87.5
178	Prairie View A&M	83.5
179	Fairfield	82.5
180	Incarnate Word	82.5
181	Sacred Heart	82.5
182	Wofford	82.5
183	Vermont	81.5
184	Saint Peter's	80.5
185	South Carolina Upstate	80.5
186	Southeastern Louisiana	79.5
187	Lehigh	77.5
188	Tennessee State	77.5
189	Towson	77.5
190	Western Carolina	77.5
191	Jacksonville State	76.5
192	UNC-Asheville	76.5
193	Jackson State	75.5
194	Murray State	75.5
195	Southern Indiana	74.5
196	The Citadel	72.5
197	Hofstra	72.5
198	Denver	71.5
199	New Hampshire	71.5
200	Northeastern	71.5
201	Cal Poly	70.5
202	Eastern Washington	70.5
203	Yale	70.5
204	Dartmouth	70.5
205	Kennesaw State	70.5
206	Lipscomb	70.5
207	Mount St. Mary's	70.5
208	North Dakota	70.5
209	Presbyterian	69.5
210	Merrimack	69.5
211	Wright State	68.5
212	North Florida	67.5
213	UT Arlington	67.5
214	Morgan State	66.5
215	Bradley	62.5
216	UT-Martin	62.5
217	Colgate	61.5
218	Idaho	61.5
219	Monmouth	61.5
220	St. Thomas	61.5
221	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	61.5
222	Brown	61.5
223	Columbia	61.5
224	William & Mary	61.5
225	Holy Cross	61.5
226	Boston University	60.5
227	Fairleigh Dickinson	60.5
228	Loyola (Maryland)	60.5
229	Marist	60.5
230	Morehead State	60.5
231	Saint Francis	60.5
232	South Dakota	60.5
233	UC Riverside	60.5
234	Utah Valley	60.5
235	Winthrop	60.5
236	Alcorn State	60.5
237	Harvard	60.5
238	Lafayette	60
239	Bethune–Cookman	59.5
240	Cal State Bakersfield	59.5
241	Cleveland State	59.5
242	Tarleton State	59.5
243	Albany	59.5
244	Cornell	59.5
245	Delaware	59.5
246	Idaho State	59.5
247	SIU Edwardsville	59.5
248	Utah Tech	59.5
249	High Point	59
250	Maine	56.5
251	Southeast Missouri State	56.5
252	Wagner	55.5
253	Sam Houston State	54.5
254	Abilene Christian	51.5
255	American	51.5
256	Charleston Southern	51.5
257	Long Beach State	51.5
258	Robert Morris	51.5
259	Austin Peay	50.5
260	Cal State Northridge	50.5
261	Central Connecticut	50.5
262	Charleston	50.5
263	Grand Canyon	50.5
264	Illinois State	50.5
265	Indiana State	50.5
266	Montana State	50.5
267	New Orleans	50.5
268	Niagara	50.5
269	NJIT	50.5
270	North Dakota State	50.5
271	Northwestern State	50.5
272	Texas A&M-Commerce	50.5
273	UC Santa Barbara	50.5
274	UNC-Wilmington	50.5
275	Valparaiso	50.5
276	Youngstown State	50.5
277	Eastern Illinois	50.5
278	Florida A&M	50.5
279	Oakland	50.5
280	Tennessee Tech	50.5
281	Bellarmine	49.5
282	Bucknell	49.5
283	Cal State Fullerton	49.5
284	Campbell	49.5
285	Drexel	49.5
286	Manhattan	49.5
287	Maryland Eastern Shore	49.5
288	Massachusetts Lowell	49.5
289	McNeese	49.5
290	Princeton	49.5
291	Quinnipiac	49.5
292	St. Francis Brooklyn	49.5
293	UT Rio Grande Valley	49.5
294	Alabama A&M	49.5
295	Binghamton	49.5
296	Gardner-Webb	49.5
297	Lamar	49.5
298	UIC	49.5
299	Western Illinois	49.5
300	Belmont	47.5
301	California Baptist	47.5
302	Grambling	47.5
303	Southern	47.5
304	Stonehill	47.5
305	Detroit Mercy	40.5
306	Furman	40.5
307	Little Rock	40.5
308	Northern Colorado	40.5
309	Oral Roberts	40.5
310	Penn	40.5
311	UC Davis	40.5
312	Bryant	40.5
313	Samford	40.5
314	Drake	39.5
315	Hampton	39.5
316	Stetson	39.5
317	Weber State	39.5
318	Central Arkansas	39.5
319	LIU	39.5
320	Mississippi Valley State	39.5
321	Norfolk State	39.5
322	Northern Arizona	39.5
323	Queens	39.5
324	Radford	39.5
325	Rider	39.5
326	Southern Illinois	39.5
327	Texas Southern	39.5
328	UNC Greensboro	39.5
329	UW-Milwaukee	39.5
330	Delaware State	37.5
331	Elon	37.5
332	Longwood	37.5
333	Nicholls	37.5
334	North Carolina A&T	37.5
335	Northern Kentucky	37.5
336	Purdue-Fort Wayne	37.5
337	South Carolina State	37.5
338	UC San Diego	37.5
339	Howard	37.5
340	Kansas City	37.5
341	Sacramento State	37.5
342	Lindenwood	29.5
343	Mercer	29.5
344	Southern Utah	29.5
345	Stony Brook	29.5
346	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	29.5
347	Chattanooga	29.5
348	Houston Christian	29.5
349	North Carolina Central	29.5
350	Canisius	27.5
351	Chicago State	27.5
352	East Tennessee State	27.5
353	Eastern Kentucky	27.5
354	IUPUI	27.5
355	Missouri State	27.5
356	Montana	27.5
357	Northern Iowa	27.5
358	UW-Green Bay	27.5
359	VMI	27.5
360	Copping State	7.5
361	Iona	7.5
362	Siena	7.5

As a bonus, here is my short list for the star players of the top 10 teams in my ranking:

1. Appalachian State - SF David Boulay, Sr, 3 star from Russia

2. Villanova - SG Brian Bennett, Sr, 3 star from Tennessee

3. San Francisco - PF Jeffrey Nocito, Jr, 4 star from Arizona

4. Wisconsin - PG Amos Quinn, Jr, 4 star from Lithuania

5. Purdue - PF Pedro Rodriguez, So, 5 star from American Samoa

6. Army - PF Jack Beckmann, Jr, 5 star from Sweden

7. Marshall - SG Yin Nguyen, Sr, 4 star from South Dakota

8. Arizona - C Kristofer Sadler, Jr, 3 star from Washington DC

9. Ole Miss - PG Jonathan Mikols, Sr, 4 star from Wyoming

10. UMBC - SG Derek Ignacio, So, 5 star from South Carolina