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The NBA draft early entry withdrawal deadline is now in the rear-view mirror and we have more of an understanding of the rosters for next season.
Arguments can be made for a number of teams in the top spot, but the nod early goes to Alabama over Kansas, Gonzaga and two-time champ UConn. And then there’s this: multiple top-three team all-Americans are returning in RJ Davis (North Carolina), Mark Sears (Alabama), Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Johni Broome (Auburn) and Caleb Love (Arizona) as well as honorable mention all-Americans L.J. Cryer (Houston), Graham Ike (Gonzaga), Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State), Great Osobor (Washington via Utah State) and Braden Smith (Purdue).
This is the last season of the extra COVID year and it could be one of the most competitive we’ve seen in quite some time. Here’s the second of our offseason Power 36:
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Andy Katz is an NCAA.com correspondent. Katz worked at ESPN for 18 years as a college basketball reporter, host and anchor. He’s covered every Final Four since 1992, and the sport since 1986 as a freshman at Wisconsin. He is a former president of the United States Basketball Writers Association. Katz can also be seen covering college basketball on Big Ten Network during the regular season. Follow him on Twitter at @theandykatz.
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