The Post offers an early look at the 2020-21 college basketball season with our top 15 teams:

1. Kentucky

The last time John Calipari landed the top-ranked recruiting class in the country, his team reached the 2015 Final Four undefeated. This year’s group won’t arrive with nearly the same amount of hype, but the six-man class that includes McDonald’s All-American wings Brandon Boston Jr. and Terrence Clarke is extremely talented in its own right, and SEC Player of the Year Immanuel Quickley could return, as may sophomore forward EJ Montgomery.

2. Gonzaga

Highly rated guard recruit Jalen Suggs may opt to go pro and leading scorer and rebounder Filip Petrusev could enter the NBA draft. But coach Mark Few still has so many answers, in experienced returnees Corey Kispert, Anton Watson, Drew Timme, and Joel Ayayi, along with skilled perimeter recruits Julian Strawther and Dominick Harris.

3. Baylor

Four starters should return. Only one valued reserve leaves. Baylor — not Kansas — is the team to beat in the Big 12 and a Final Four favorite if junior big man Tristan Clark can find his pre-injury sophomore year form.

4. Creighton

This was a Final Four-caliber team this year and next year it should only be better. The program’s top six scorers are expected back, though look for junior star Ty-Shon Alexander to test the NBA draft waters, and the Bluejays’ one weakness — size — should be alleviated with the addition of 6-foot-11 four-star recruit Ryan Kalkbrenner and the return from injury of forward Jacob Epperson.

5. Florida State

The Seminoles’ size and depth led to an ACC regular-season title this year and there’s no reason to believe they’re going to take a step back, even if pro prospects Devin Vassell and Patrick Williams leave. A backcourt of junior M.J. Walker and five-star incoming freshman Scottie Barnes could be lethal, and big men Raiquan Gray and Balsa Koprivica have high upsides.

6. Villanova

Losing Saddiq Bey will hurt — it would be a stunner if the projected top-20 pick returns — but Jay Wright will have plenty of options to replace the star wing. Expect Bryan Antoine, a former five-star recruit slowed by a shoulder injury as a freshman, to step in alongside seniors-to-be Jermaine Samuels and Collin Gillespie, and Big East Freshman of the Year Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.

7. Virginia

The addition of Marquette transfer forward Sam Hauser and elite wing recruit Jabri Abdur-Rahim will offset the losses of leading scorer Mamadi Diakite and top rebounder Braxton Key, as point guard Kihei Clark and center Jay Huff build off strong finishes to this season to take the reins as coach Tony Bennett’s leaders.

8. Duke

It’s become an annual tradition at Duke. Five-star freshmen leave. Five-star recruits replace them. ACC Player of the Year Tre Jones has already announced he’s going pro and he should be followed by Vernon Carey Jr. and Cassius Stanley. But Blue Devils fans will have a new group of McDonald’s All-Americans to follow in center Mark Williams, guard Jeremy Roach and wing DJ Steward.



9. Iowa

Consensus All-American Luke Garza’s draft stock is low, so expect a return for the high-scoring big man and Big Ten Player of the Year, who will have a strong supporting cast, led by sharpshooting guards Joe Wieskamp and CJ Fredrick.

10. Texas Tech

Even in a down year, the Red Raiders were in the NCAA Tournament mix, and they shouldn’t have to worry about a bubble next March. Not with the return of rotation pieces Davide Moretti, Kyler Edwards, Terrence Shannon and Kevin McCullar, and the additions of McDonald’s All-American guard Nimari Burnett and UNLV transfer forward Joel Ntambwe.

11. San Diego State

If leading scorer and distributor Malachi Flynn returns, San Diego State won’t lose a step. He would likely be a preseason first team All-American. While starters Yanni Wetzel and K.J. Feagin graduate, forward Matt Mitchell should only improve and starting center Nathan Mensah is expected back after missing most of the year due to injury.

12. Kansas

Nobody has more perimeter depth than Kansas, thanks to the addition of five-star freshman Bryce Thompson and junior college star Tyon Grant-Foster, allowing Bill Self to play small with four guards. The questions, though, are whether Marcus Garrett run the point and who replaces double-double machine Udoka Azubuike’s production in the paint.

13. Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s red-hot finish, winning its last eight games, with just one senior in the rotation sets the Badgers up for a big season next year, especially since it is adding two potential impact recruits in skilled forward Ben Carlson and combo guard Johnny Davis.

14. North Carolina

What, you thought the Tar Heels were going to stay down? It’s uncertain if star freshman Cole Anthony returns, but starters Garrison Brooks, Leaky Black and Armando Bacot will be back, and a recruiting class ranked third in the country by 247Sports.com infuses much-needed talent to this roster.

15. Rutgers

Rutgers fans starved for that long-awaited NCAA Tournament bid were crushed by the cancellation of this year’s tournament, but they won’t have to wait too long to hear their team’s name called. The Scarlet Knights have arrived and will be one of the better teams in the country next year. Only two contributors — starting wing Akwasi Yeboah and reserve forward Shaq Carter — move on, while the experienced core of Geo Baker, Myles Johnson and Ron Harper Jr. make even more strides.