Even though four Mountain West teams made the NCAA tournament last year, none of those four teams are in the USA Today's preseason top 25.
BYU, New Mexico, San Diego State, and UNLV are in the 'others receiving votes' with San Diego State and BYU at 26th and 27th in the country.
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Others receiving votes: San Diego State 73; Brigham Young 55; West Virginia 49; Minnesota 41; Florida State 31; UNLV 19; Wichita State 13; UCLA 12; Vanderbilt 11; North Carolina State 10; Georgia 9; Richmond 9; Xavier 8; Mississippi State 7; Utah State 6; California 5; Texas A&M 5; Murray State 4; New Mexico 4; Louisville 3; Arizona 2; Dayton 2; Marquette 2; Maryland 2; Saint Mary's 2; Northwestern 1.
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