I think FAU is getting way too much credit for last year's Final Four run, in which they got some incredibly lucky breaks. I just don't see them as a Top 10 team.
The Final Four run involved some luck, of course, but this was a good team last year (I recall the complaints in January about the team being ranked in the AP Poll, but it ended up top-25 in KenPom by the end of the conference tournament) and as of right now it's giving more minutes to returning players than any team in the country. A top-ten ranking is aggressive but it's not hard to imagine how it could make sense. Vladislav Goldin had a remarkable line on Wednesday against a pretty good Loyola Chicago team: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 blocks, 4 steals.
