After ending in a 4-way tie for first last year, the CAA will be even deeper in 2016.  The Pride of Hoftsra look to take sole ownership of the top spot, but will "duke" it out with James Madison, William & Mary, Delaware, Towson & the league champ incumbent, Northeastern.

Bryce Drew finds himself with one of the best teams the Horizon has seen in  5 years, and I'd wager that Mark Turgeon and the Maryland Terps would say the same thing.   This is the first year of the new conference tourney format, which no longer rewards the top 2 squads with the luxury of a double bye.

The Shock are back and ready to make one last stand at a Final Four run, returning the top backcourt tandem in all of the land, Freddy van Vleet and Ronny Baker.

The fighting Steve Fisher's once again return as the conference favorite, but they should hear footsteps with the emergence of Fresno State & Utah State.

Rinse, wash & repeat in the SEC, with UK once again as the frontrunner, despite losing all major contributors to professional basketball.  However, the LSU tigers will get headlines with what may be the best player in the country in point forward Ben Simmons.

The experienced Heels sit atop what should be the nation's toughest league...