There are a few teams this year who are ranked higher than they have in a while. And for most of them there is a lot of hype around the recruits they brought in. Here is my 5 teams this season
Team (Total Votes) (First Place Votes) Michigan State (197) (6) Kentucky (182) (1) Duke (181) (1) Kansas (159) Maryland (156) Louisville (154) North Carolina (143) Villanova (138) Virginia (132) Memphis (124) Gonzaga (121) Texas Tech (110) Seton Hall (108) Ohio State (77) Arizona (73) LSU (59) Baylor (52) Purdue (44) Utah State (41) Michigan (39) Washington (39) Auburn (38) Tennessee (34) Florida (31) Iowa
Read moreVirginia advanced to the elite eight with a scrappy win over sleeper 12 seed Oregon in Louisville, 53-49. Virginia, despite having issues scoring, locked up the Ducks athletic lineup and controlled the tempo to bring the Cavaliers to their second elite eight in four years. Oregon held a 16-10 advantage over the south’s top ranked team in the middle of
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In the first game of the first round, Richard Pitino’s seventh seeded Golden Gophers defeated tenth seeded Louisville 86-76. The Gophers controlled the game from tip, as their front line of Jordan Murphy and Daniel Oturu gave the Cardinals trouble all afternoon. The Gophers took at five point lead into the locker room, outscoring the Cardinals 38-33 in the first
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The ACC once again proved its dominance in college basketball in 2019. Going into the postseason, the ACC currently boasts three of the top five teams in the NCAAM, with an additional two in the AP top 25. Duke, Carolina, and Virginia repeated as top 3 in the ACC, with Virginia and UNC finishing in a virtual tie for the
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Justin Robinson was injured in a game last Wednesday against Miami and is said to be out indefinitely as the season continues. The Hokies are 1-0 without him with an ugly win at NC State, where they held the Wolfpack to 24 points. The Hokies still however managed 47 themselves. With Robinson out the already short bench becomes even shorter
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Kentucky defeated in state rival Louisville in its yearly game by a score of 71-58. In a game where three pointers were hard to come by, freshman guard Tyler Herro scored 4 of the Wildcats 6 shots from beyond the arc to lead his team to victory. Kentucky was in the drivers seat for most of this road tilt, holding
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Starting Monday, the ACC and B1G will go head to head for the 19th straight year in the annual ACC vs. Big 10 challenge. This series of games is unlike any other, and this year should be no different. Starting in 1999 with just 9 teams, the ACC vs. B1G challenge has consistently grown to become one of if not
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Today marks the start of the NIT Tip-Off featuring four high quality programs all looking for big signature wins to boost their resumes to propel themselves through the season. All four teams enter the field a combined 12-1, three teams have been ranked this season and two are currently ranked in the AP top five. New York City will take
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Over the past few years, America’s premier college hoops conference has undoubtedly been the ACC. Since the conference expanded in 2014, the conference has sent no less than 6 teams to the big dance and has had only one year where it is not represented in the elite eight. In addition, 2 of the last 6 champions have come from
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