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The Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook ranked Syracuse at No. 4 in its preseason Top 25 for the upcoming 2011-12 college basketball campaign.

Blue Ribbon, which is available online and in select bookstores, had Syracuse behind No. 1 North Carolina, No. 2 Kentucky and No. 3 Ohio State.

Syracuse was one of five Big East schools in Blue Ribbon's Top 25. Right behind, the Orange was Connecticut at No. 5. Pittsburgh is at No. 8 with Louisville ranked 13th and Marquette at No. 22.

Joseph, a 6-foot-7 senior who led Syracuse in scoring last season, joined North Carolina's Harrison Barnes, Ohio State's Jared Sullinger, Kentucky's Terrence Jones and Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor on the All-American team.