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Top 25

  • #1 Kentucky is back on top again after Dukes loss to #5 Kansas.
  • #3 Indiana cracks the Top 3 after beating Kansas and keeping momentum throughout the week.
  • #4 North Carolina is sitting in the top 5 quietly.
  • #6 Duke had a battle yesterday with #23 URI, but Duke survived
  • #9 Xavier won the Puerto Rico Tip Off Tournament and moved up 2 spots.
  • #12 Creighton was the biggest upward mover this week after dismantling all of its opponents, one being the #16 Wisconsin Badgers.
  • #13 Oregon fell from #4 with a loss to #20 Baylor (who is new to the polls) without Dillion Brooks, but when Dillion Brooks is 100% this team will be scary.
  • #14 UCLA is on fire right now and Lonzo Ball is a big reason why.
  • #15 St Marys is playing great right now, their big win was destroying Dayton.
  • #17 Purdue did not drop much after a loss to #3 Villanova.
  • #22 Texas is still in the poll after surviving a few upset scares.
  • #23 URI stays in the poll after a hard fought loss to #6 Duke
  • #24 MSU almost fell out of the poll because they have 2 losses and a near upset to Dunk City FGCU on a bad call.
  • #25 is shared by Michigan who won the 2k classic with dominance and FSU who is playing great basketball right now.

Other Takeaways 

  • Wichita State is destroying all of their opponents and playing better than expected without all of the components they lost.
  • Mayland beat Georgetown off of a wild comeback, but this team does not look very good right now outside of Melo Trimble who sparked the comeback vs Gtown by himself.
  • LSU is playing decent basketball nothing special.
  • Butler beat Northwestern by just 2 in a wild game early in the week.
  • Arizona State got destroyed by everyone in the Puerto Rico tip off.
  • OSU beat Providence by 5 in a great game earlier in the week.
  • Florida beats St Bonaventure a top A10 by 5.
  • Rutgers takes down Depaul in a battle of 2 of the worst power conference teams in basketball.
  • Seton Hall beats Iowa by 12.
  • Uconn almost got upset for the 3rd time in a row by Loyola.
  • USC takes out Texas A/M by 2.
  • Illinois dismantles Detroit by 30
  • Cincy falls to URI in a fantastic game, then destroys Penn State
  • Nebraska beats Louisiana Tech by 11
  • Ole Miss survives and upset scare from Oral Roberts then beats St Joes.
  • Clemson and Oklahoma both were 1-1 in the Puerto Rico tip off. Oklahoma lost to UNI and Clemson lost to Xavier. The played each other for 3rd place and Oklahoma won by 6.