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Arizona will be No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll for the ninth straight week on Monday, but is currently No. 2 on KenPom, the advanced statistics site, behind Michigan. These two teams have traded places in recent weeks, with Arizona passing Michigan after Saturday’s 84-47 win over Oklahoma State, and Michigan jumping […]
Seton Hall’s 72-60 loss to Villanova Wednesday night returned the team to the wrong side of the NCAA Tournament bubble and underscored an increasingly bleak reality facing the Big East. If the Pirates don’t get their ship right in the next five weeks, the league will likely send just three teams to the NCAA Tournament […]
Arizona keeps winning. And it continues to hold its No. 1 ranking firmly. The 22-0 Wildcats were the unanimous pick for the top spot in Monday’s Associated Press Top 25 poll after beating No. 16 BYU and rival Arizona State last week. Arizona is off to the best start in school history and the Wildcats […]
Last year’s SEC was widely considered the best basketball conference ever. It featured 14 NCAA tournament teams, two Final Four participants and the national champion. A year later, the conference remains deep and balanced, but it’s unclear if it has a true national title contender on par with last season’s elite crop of Florida, Auburn, […]
A pair of top-25 SEC foes will face off Sunday afternoon when the Alabama Crimson Tide visits the Florida Gators. No. 23 Alabama (14-6, 4-3 SEC) has won three of its last four, most recently over Missouri, 90-64, on Tuesday. No. 19 Florida (15-6, 6-2 SEC) has won six of its last seven, including a […]
Kentucky entered Bud Walton Arena on Saturday and left with an 85-77 victory against No. 15 Arkansas. The Wildcats’ victory over former coach John Calipari was not only symbolic, but marked their best win of the season. Kentucky (15-7, 6-3 SEC) entered the weekend 3-6 against Quad 1 opponents, and this win over the Razorbacks […]
Welcome, football fans who are finally heading to college hoops. Come in. The water is fine. To put you at ease, this week’s 12 thoughts start in a familiar place: Is there a college basketball equivalent of Indiana Football? 1. You’ve almost certainly heard it by now, but when Curt Cignetti arrived in Bloomington in […]
The cities of Houston and San Antonio are about 200 miles apart and have a river the size of Texas. You might hear a Houstonian ask, “What’s the best thing to come out of San Antonio?” The answer: I-10. San Antonians tell that joke a little differently. That rivalry will only increase in the coming […]
