Ken Pomeroy puts together his own separate rankings of basketball teams and it is actually updated daily. He's a math wiz and has several different ways to measure how good a team really is like offensive and defensive efficiency as well as adjusted offensive and defensive numbers. He is already compiling his list of top 10 teams for next year and there are some of the usual suspects.
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Here's the early 2017 top 10 from my computer, assuming 1) all players in DX mock first round leave, 2) all other eligible players return...
— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) March 20, 2016
UPDATED top 10: 10) Virginia, 9) Indiana, 8) Wisconsin, 7) Oregon, 6) UNC, 5) Kansas, 4) Villanova, 3) Duke, 2) Kentucky, 1) Louisville
— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) March 20, 2016
This is subject to typos and coding errors, and there are some impact freshmen that have yet to declare.
— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) March 20, 2016
And here's his big disclaimer before the season gets going next November:
And there may be (probably will be) methodology changes to the preseason ratings algorithm between now and November.
— Ken Pomeroy (@kenpomeroy) March 20, 2016
We'll definitely be getting a Louisville-Kentucky matchup. How fun would it be if it was a 1 vs 2 game? All the fun is the right answer.
[h/t CollegeSpun]