1.  North Carolina

Five starters return

Best frontcourt in the country

Will three pointers fall?

 2.  Duke-

(Austin) Rivers era starts

Irving, Singler, Smith are gone

Can they score down low?

3.  Florida State

Defense is their game

Twenty wins the last three years

Who will play point guard?

4.  Virginia

Deliberate offense

Mike Scott gets double doubles

How deep is the bench?

 5.  North Carolina State

Richard Howell could surprise

(CJ) Leslie plays three positions

Can Gottfried still coach?

 6.  Clemson-

(Andre) Young leads backcourt

Good luck scoring on this team

Does (Coach Brad) Brownell succeed?

 7.  Virginia Tech-

(Erick) Green plays above rim

13th ranked recruiting class

Will they make tourney?

 8.  Miami-

Malcolm Grant makes threes

Four double digit scorers

Can frontcourt help out?

 9.  Georgia Tech-

Glen Rice Jr’s team

Brandon Reed is instant offense

Can they score enough?

 10.  Maryland-

Playmakers galore

Postseason streak- 18 years

Who replaces (Jordan) Williams?

 11.  Wake Forest-

Tony Chennault is healthy

McKie fills up the stat sheet

Who is their leader?

12.  Boston College-

Watch Patrick Heckman

Eleven new players

Will they win a game? (in ACC)

Til next time…

Bryan is TPFBlog’s featured NCAA basketball writer .  Visit us on Twitter or Facebook.  Email him at BNichols@ThePenaltyFlagBlog.com.