1 Duke has a poor grip on the No. 1 spot in the country after a 77-51 romp over No. 11 Virginia. Isaiah Evans drilled five treys, and Duke’s defense just vaporized Virginia’s once rolling offense. Last week: 1 2 Arizona shows that it can win using different recipes. It has a pace-and-space setup that […]
The No. 1 seeds in Saturday’s NCAA March madness Bracket preview was Michigan, Duke, Arizona and Iowa State. While the first three were largely expected, Iowa State’s inclusion on the top line was anything but a foregone conclusion. Ultimately, the Cyclones (23-3, 10-3 Big 12) were awarded the honor by UConn and Houston by the […]
Arizona remained No. 1 in the CBS Sports Bracketology model after its second straight loss on Saturday, but fell in the overall hierarchy. The Wildcats (23-2, 10-2 Big 12) are now the third No. 1 seed behind Michigan and Duke after a 78-75 overtime loss to Texas Tech. From a stats-based standpoint, the Blue Devils […]
Michigan overtook Arizona as the No. 1 overall seed in CBS Sports Bracketology after the Wildcats’ first loss Monday night at Kansas. The Wolverines, who also have one loss, claim the top spot with a profile that includes the No. 1 ranking in most team sheet metrics used by the selection committee. The Wildcats are […]
Image images The latest AP Top 25 poll released Monday showed significant movement in the rankings after a wild week of college basketball. Four teams in the top 10 of last week’s poll suffered at least one loss, including UConn and Duke. That opened the door for Houston to jump to No. 3 in the […]
CBS Sports graphic I usually spend the few hundred words that top each update of the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings on a specific game, team or player. I rarely focus on days. But what a day that was! Absolutely incredible. The first Saturday of February looked good on paper, […]
CBS Sports Chart On Monday afternoon, there will be a unanimous No. 1 team in an AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll for the seventh straight season. The Arizona Wildcats will earn all 61 first-place votes in the poll after receiving 60 last week, made possible after Iowa State — which earned the other first-place […]
CBS Sports graphic Duke opened ACC play Wednesday with an 85-79 win over Georgia Tech. So the Blue Devils are now 12-1 on the season; that’s great. But it was hard not to notice — after Duke had to overcome a seven-point deficit in the second half to avoid being upset at home as 27.5-point […]
For the first time in a few weeks, there was movement among the top-ranked teams in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. Arizona and Michigan remained No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, but Duke then fell away suffered its first loss of the season against Texas Tech. The Blue Devils fell three spots to […]
Texas Tech entered this season believing it had the pieces in place to win a national championship, but thus far the defense has not been up to par and injuries have devastated the Red Raiders’ ability to pull together. Texas Tech entered Saturday’s showdown against No. 3 Duke short-handed, bruised and off balance. It will […]