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If college basketball had an NBA-style all-star game, what would the rosters look like? We divided the country along the Mississippi River and created East and West rosters of college basketball’s very best players. With most of the ACC, Big East, Big Ten and SEC, the East region is overcrowded with options, forcing us to […]
Life comes at you fast in the world of college basketball. One minute you’re alone at the top of the SEC standings and the next minute you’re suddenly in the NCAA Tournament bubble. This is the situation Texas A&M (17-7, 7-4 SEC) finds itself in when it plays at No. 19 Vanderbilt on Saturday. The […]
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 […]
If last season was the year of the SEC, this is the year of the Big 12 and Big Ten battling for supremacy. That’s according to this week’s Associated Press Men’s Basketball Top 25 Poll. Undefeated Arizona was again the unanimous No. 1 seed on Monday, meaning the Wildcats have held the top spot for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Turns out, things can get worse if you’re a Purdue fan. Eight days after Indiana (Indiana!) won the football national championship, the unranked Hoosiers basketball team hit 12 3-pointers to upset No. 4 Purdue despite a furious late rally by the Boilermakers to hold on for its second-biggest win this month in Bloomington. Lamar Wilkerson […]
