How we think they’ll end up in the rankings. We really, really like Stephen Curry, but we don’t smell another insane run like last year, which is why we opted for this video as a lead-in to the rankings.

1. Connecticut. Just a guess, but Thabeet has a monster year, and is taken No. 1 overall by the Thunder.
2. North Carolina. Will Green, Ellington and Lawson focus more on improving their NBA stock?
3. Pittsburgh. Only injuries slowed them last year.
4. UCLA. Imagine if the Final Four title-less drought reached four?
5. Gonzaga. Fall for this trap every damn time.
6. Louisville. Still don’t trust Sosa at PG, and still seem a bit selfish offensively.
7. Michigan State. Should only lose to Purdue in the Big 10.
8. Florida. Cautiously optimistic despite lack of interior scoring.
9. Oklahoma. Bandwagon will be full by February.
10. Arizona State. Lack of interior depth and talent is why we didn’t pick the Sun Devils to get to the F4.
11. Notre Dame. Har-ran-gody, clap, clap, clap- clap-clap.
12. Georgetown. Might lose one or two games in the sorry Big 10; in the Big East, 5-6 losses is likely.
13. Wake Forest. Higher if the offense shows more explosiveness.
14. Villanova. Scottie Reynolds’ junior year will closely resemble his awesome freshman one.
15. USC. Athletic and terribly fun to watch.
16. Tennessee. Everyone’s underestimating the loss of Lofton.
17. Purdue. Shouldn’t lose more than three league games.
18. Memphis. Not buying it the hype.
19. Texas. Everyone’s underestimating the Augustin loss.
20. Duke. So will Greg Paulus start at PG tonight against Presbyterian?

Other random picks from around the web: Rush the Court has Louisville over UNC in the final. Gary Parrish of CBS Sports has UNC, Louisville, Connecticut and UCLA as the No. 1 seeds. Jeff Goodman at Fox has UNC No. 1. Andy Katz of ESPN has Michigan State. No. 4, sort of shattering our “Final Four sleeper” pick earlier today. The only surprise at SI.com is that Purdue is No. 5.