• by Tyler Walter, writing from Richmond, VA

1. Maryland
2. Connecticut
3. Akron
4. Creighton
5. North Carolina
6. Central Florida
7. UC Santa Barbara
8. UC Irvine
9. St. John’s
10. Old Dominion
11. Indiana
12. Iona
13. Louisville
14. UCLA
15. Boston College
16. Charlotte
17. Southern Florida
18. Charlotte
19. William & Mary
20. Santa Clara
21. James Madison
22. San Diego State
23. Providence
24. Coastal Carolina
25. Northern Illinois

On the bubble: Cal State Bakersfield, Xavier, George Mason, Kentucky, Furman, Bradley, Brown, ETSU, Georgetown, Wisconsin

In the scope: Virginia, Duke, UAB, Fairleigh-Dickinson, FGCU, SMU, Monmouth, Northern Illinois, Washington, VCU

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