Category: College Basketball
NCAA Basketball Top 25 for 2/9
FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Top 25: 1. Arizona (23-0) (1) – Their schedule hasn’t been easy, but the gauntlet begins now. 2. Michigan (22-1) (2) – While not quite the Arizona gauntlet, life will be tough on the Wolverines as most of their remaining tough […]
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FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Top 25: 1. Arizona (22-0) (1) – After their games against Oklahoma State this week: Kansas (road), Texas Tech, BYU, Houston (road), Baylor (road), Kansas, Iowa State (only meeting this season). If they survive that gauntlet… 2. Michigan (20-1) (2) – The […]
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FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Top 25: 1. Arizona (20-0) (1) – One of two teams with a top-five offense and defense, the Wildcats squeaked past Michigan into the top spot in the KenPom. 2. Michigan (18-1) (2) – The wins haven’t been as impressive lately, […]
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FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Top 25: 1. Arizona (18-0) (1) – Their Big 12 schedule is mostly backloaded, as they have yet to encounter Texas Tech, BYU, Houston, Iowa State, or Kansas. Does this diminish their dominance? Hell no, given their non-conference conquests and recent […]
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FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Top 25: 1. Arizona (16-0) (2) – The Wildcats are the only team in college basketball that boasts a top-five offense and defense. 2. Iowa State (16-0) (3) – The Cyclones remain the most overshadowed team in college basketball. First, they went […]
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FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. None of the unbeaten squads lost this week. Miami (OH) remains the last mid-major with that distinction. The MAC is too difficult for a team to go unbeaten. We have two potential unbeaten matchups, though Michigan doesn’t play Nebraska until […]
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FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. None of the unbeaten squads lost this week. Miami (OH) remains the last mid-major with that distinction. The MAC is too difficult for a team to go unbeaten. We have two potential unbeaten matchups, though Michigan doesn’t play Nebraska until […]
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FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. None of the unbeaten squads lost this week. Miami (OH) remains the last mid-major with that distinction. The MAC is too difficult for a team to go unbeaten. We have two potential unbeaten matchups, though Michigan doesn’t play Nebraska until […]
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For more on the week in College Basketball, here’s my Winners & Losers post for this week. FYI: All ratings, including SOS, Offensive Efficiency, and Defensive Efficiency, are courtesy of the KenPom. Seven teams remain unbeaten, as Oklahoma State suffered its first loss last week (Oklahoma). Miami (OH) remains the final mid-major with this distinction. […]
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This week’s Top 25. This week, we will look at the surprises and disappointments. Surprises (“Winners”): Nebraska Nebraska finished 7–13 in Big Ten play last season and was mired in a five-game skid when the new College Basketball Crown Tournament came calling. They responded by reeling off four straight wins to capture the tournament, capped […]
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