No. 1 ... Start To Finish?

Originally Published: November 12, 2003

Conference Breakdowns

Mountain West
Looking for a marquee team in the Mountains
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WAC
Best just may get to postseason this year
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Conference USA
One last go-around amid plenty of change
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Pac-10
Best can be found in desert ... again
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Big 12
Final Four ... runner-up ... this year, a title?
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ACC
Sophs will make sure youth is served
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Atlantic 10
Simply content to be compared to itself
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Big Ten
Too good, or too balanced for own good?
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SEC
What? Did somebody say "slump"?
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Big East
Better than ever? And only getting bigger
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The expectations are high for Jim Calhoun's Huskies as the preseason No. 1.

UConn is No. 1 in the polls and in our Preseason Power 16, which isn't necessarily a good thing. Regardless of the preseason rankings, Andy Katz found that the Huskies and their coach Jim Calhoun plan to end the season on top.
  • Katz: Road to title | Expert picks | Too high? Too low?
  • Ratto: Matchup madness
  • ESPN.com preseason All-Americans | Katz: Super sophs

    • Hot Beds of College Basketball
      Passion
      Katz: Philly Phenomenon | Heating up Vermont
      Graney: Utah's 'other' religion | Hot Beds
      Trouble
      Big 12's troubling times | Eustachy hangover
      Forde: See, SEC isn't so bad | Hot Beds
      Talent
      Texas-size talent pool | Fraschilla: 'Pipelines'
      NYCity kids | SoCal still loaded | Hot Beds
      Hope
      Wisconsin's homegrown hope | Hot Beds
      Bay Area breakthrough? | Ratto: Still waiting
      Mid-Majors
      Zags outgrow slipper | Success on Horizon
      Major identy crisis | Mid-Major Top 10 | Hot Beds



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      The Replacements
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      Dick Bennett turned Wisconsin into a winner, but
      doing the same in Pullman will be a chore.
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      Husky Hysteria
      The state of Connecticut just can't get enough of its
      men's and women's hardcourt success.
      'Dynamic tension' | One and only Okafor | Timeline

      Baylor's first step
      Baylor's rebuilding project started Saturday, as
      Scott Drew welcomed 11 players back to practice.
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