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Old School Meets New School
The unranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have been a pleasant surprise at the start of the ACC season, posting a 3-1 league record and sitting ahead of behemoths Duke, Clemson, Miami and Notre Dame. The Jackets also opened with a better record than the North Carolina Tar Heels, but they’ll have the difficult task of winning in the Dean Dome as they try to put some distance between themselves and the Heels....
The VIllanova Wildcats are making their claim as the best team in college basketball this season. They will aim to continue flexing their muscle when they face off against the Connecticut Huskies in a non-conference matchup this week....
The Michigan State Spartans have not looked good over their last few outings. Michigan State was seen as a potential Final Four team just a few weeks ago and many considered Tom Izzo’s squad the favorite to win the Big Ten. However, the Spartans have collapsed over their last three games and are looking increasingly vulnerable. We’ll see whether or not they can bounce back when they take on the Indiana Hoosiers this week. Indiana would love to get a win over the Spartans on the road. That would really boost its resume....
The St. Bonaventure Bonnies are looking to make the NCAA Tournament for just the second time in the last 17 years. St. Bonaventure has not been a traditional basketball power, but this year’s team has been surprisingly good. The Bonnies turned some heads after beating Maryland, and then they turned a lot more by knocking off Syracuse on the road. Now, they will take on one of the traditional small school....
The Gonzaga Bulldogs have gotten national recognition for their dominant showing in college basketball this season, as they are in the top-25. The Saint Mary’s Gaels could get there with a road win over Gonzaga this week....
The Big Ten has some of the better teams in the country, and the Purdue Boilermakers are making their case as the best in the conference. Purdue has shot to top-five in the country and is looking like a national title contender. The Boilermakers will remain to stay undefeated in Big Ten play when they host the Wisconsin Badgers....
Conference play has not gone well for the Georgetown Hoyas. Georgetown won eight straight games to start the season, but the team had played a bunch of bad opponents and had yet to be really tested....
A promising start to the season has recently gone awry for the Arkansas Razorbacks. They started the year 11-2 and looked like they might be one of the teams to beat in the SEC after knocking off Oklahoma and Minnesota in non-conference play....
The Kentucky Wildcats are not the steamroller we expected them to be. Kentucky has not looked too impressive thus far in SEC play. The Wildcats lost by double digits to Tennessee and have yet to beat anyone in conference by more than seven points....
For the first time in over a decade, the Kansas Jayhawks are not the favorites to win the Big 12. Kansas has looked vulnerable this season and has not looked convincing in any conference game yet this year. The Jayhawks might be 3-1 in conference, but those wins came by four, five, and six points....
Winning on the road has been one of the few problems for the Duke Blue Devils this season. Duke’s only two losses came on the road against marginal ACC opponents in Boston College and NC State. The Blue Devils wanted to prove that they could win on the road and hammered Pittsburgh in the Steel City earlier in the week....
The Northwestern Wildcats made history by making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history last week. Northwestern was looking to get back to the Big Dance and make it a trend this year. However, it’s been tough sledding for the team thus far....
All of a sudden, everything is going right again for the Florida Gators. Florida was one of the most talked about teams through the first month of the season, but had an awful two-week stretch after it got back from Portland. The Gators dropped games against Florida State, Loyola-Illinois, and Clemson, despite being at least a -200 moneyline favorite in each game....
The Xavier Musketeers will be happy to be back on their home court. A two-game road trip did not go well for the Musketeers, with Xavier losing by nine to Providence before getting routed by 24 against Villanova on Wednesday night....
Neither the Notre Dame Fighting Irish or the North Carolina Tar Heels are where they want to be right now. Although both are in relatively good shape and look like they are locks to make the NCAA Tournament, both teams have had their struggles in recent weeks. However, while Notre Dame’s revolve around losing their best player, North Carolina’s are more endemic. The Tar Heels have just not looked the same as they did during their title run last year....
What has gotten into the Michigan State Spartans? Michigan State looked like the best team in the country after it pummeled North Carolina and Notre Dame in consecutive games at the end of November. The Spartans dominated a weak schedule in December and was ranked No. 1 when the new year started....
The VCU Rams and Dayton Flyers were the two best teams in the Atlantic 10 last season. Although Rhode Island won the conference tournament, VCU and Dayton were the two best teams all year long and much was expected from them this year. Unfortunately, neither team is performing as their fans hoped....
The Utah Utes are looking to break a losing streak when they head to LA to take on the UCLA Bruins on Thursday night. Utah lost to both Arizona schools last week. The loss to the Wildcats was a little more out of this team’s reach, but the Utes were in there every step of the way against Arizona State this weekend. As for UCLA, the Bruins continue to pick up easy wins against the easier teams in the PAC 12 North and are looking to move to 4-1 in conference play....
The Ohio State Buckeyes are still riding high after their most recent victory. Ohio State served notice to the rest of the Big Ten that it was not to be taken lightly after an upset win over Michigan State last weekend. The Buckeyes easily handled the Spartans, getting out to a 12-point lead in the first half, and holding on the rest of the way for a very convincing win. They have one more home game before a three-game road swing next week, and will look to knock off the Maryland Terrapins....
Man is Big East basketball fun. The Big East is full of great teams that can knock any other opponent off if they are having an off night. There is only one undefeated team in conference left already after just three games of action....
The Purdue Boilermakers are the hottest team in the Big Ten. Purdue has been on fire lately. The school has won 11 straight games and is off to a very nice start in conference play. The Boilermakers have wiped the floor with all comers and might just upset the apple cart and usurp preseason favorite Michigan State. A tough road test awaits when they face the other team from The Mitten State. The Michigan Wolverines are 9-0 at home this year and looking to stay unblemished....
Athens is buzzing with the hype of another SEC game in a different sport this week, but don’t sleep on the Georgia Bulldogs basketball team. Georgia is looking like an actual contender and might just make the NCAA Tournament for the third time this decade. The Bulldogs have an elite scorer in Yante Maten and some good role players too....
Times are not good for basketball in the Steel City. The Pittsburgh Panthers have bottomed out since Jamie Dixon left two years ago. Kevin Stallings has not been the answer and has feuded with everyone during the team’s struggles. Pittsburgh has been unable to win a game in conference play and will be big underdogs for its next game too. The Duke Blue Devils are coming to town and looking to avenge a loss to NC State....
The Kansas Jayhawks’ reign atop the Big 12 may be coming to an end. It’s been a tough season already for the Jayhawks. Although they are 12-3 overall and 2-1 in the Big 12, they have been vulnerable on their home court, losing twice there already this season. Kansas is about to play some of the conference’s heavyweights and will need to make sure it performs well in those games. Before it does that, the Jayhawks must best the Iowa State Cyclones....
The West Virginia Mountaineers look like the best team in the Big 12 early on and one of the best in the country. They will aim to keep their foot on the gas pedal this week when they host the Baylor Bears....
