Through Oct. 31, Sports Illustrated will count down its preseason college basketball Top 25 with overviews of each team. Here are the full rankings so far.
Year 1 under Kevin Young was a smashing success in Provo, Utah. After a slow start, BYU was one of the best teams in the country in the final two months of the season, surging to a 15–4 finish halted only by a lights-out shooting display from Alabama in the Sweet 16. At its best, BYU was nearly impossible to guard on the offensive end, leaning on its elite three-point shooting and Young’s sharp tactics to build a buzzsaw on that end of the floor.
