NCAA Basketball: Updated 2018-19 Preseason top-25 after first NBA deadline

There have been some changes in the latest NCAA Basketball Preseason rankings. Here’s how it looks after the deadline for players to enter the draft.

Once the 2017-18 NCAA Basketball season was over, it was officially time to start looking at the 2018-19 season. The recruiting campaigns are just getting started, with hundreds of players have already decided to transfer from their respective school. A few have immediately chosen their next school, while many others with an ability to make an impact yet to decide.

Some schools have already been affected both negatively and positively by the rush of transfers, but coaches and fans have something else to deal with. That being the NBA itself.

For teams like Duke and Kentucky, as well as those who signed on “one and done” players, their departures were hardly a surprise. But it’s those who weren’t projected as first or even second-round picks that’s come as a shocker. A few teams found out the hard way.

Other programs have fared far better, with several likely first-round projections opted to forego the draft process altogether. NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline was on April 22, meaning that those who haven’t applied will be returning back to college.

That being said, there are still a ton of players who declared for the draft but didn’t sign with an agent. Many will likely come back, but past history shows that a few more surprises could be in store.

There have been some changes in the power rankings since the end of the season, so find out which moved around the most.