

UConn (33): A healthy UConn is a danger to the rest of the Big East, save Nova.Ģ3. Davidson (26): The Wildcats have something special going on this season.Ģ2. Florida State (29): The Seminoles knocked off Miami on the road in a raucous environment to take over first place in the ACC.Ģ1. Oregon (24): The Ducks hadn’t played in eight days and then beat Washington Sunday night.Ģ0. Texas Tech (19): Great week for the Red Raiders with wins over Iowa State and West Virginia.ġ9. Providence (18): The Friars came off pause and have picked up where they left off - winning.ġ8. USC (16): The Trojans, like UCLA, got the sweep of Utah and Colorado to get set for a three-game home stand.ġ7. Ohio State (15): The Buckeyes had their game postponed with Nebraska over the weekend so I’ll keep Ohio State in the same spot.ġ6. Illinois (4): Rough week for the Illini with the home loss to Purdue and then losing at Maryland without Kofi Cockburn, who was held out due to concussion protocols.ġ5. Wisconsin (6): The Badgers didn’t have Tyler Wahl for the Michigan State game and it clearly affected them in the loss.ġ4. Villanova (5): The Wildcats lost at home to Marquette to offer hope to the rest of the Big East.ġ3. Amazing stuff from Sampson and the staff with an injury-riddled lineup.ġ2.

Houston (13): Kelvin Sampson will be in the coach of the year conversation. UCLA (12): The Bruins swept the Mountain schools in Utah and Colorado to set up momentum for the Arizona game.ġ1. 1 spot, Florida State holds off Miami and moreġ0. That win may go down as one of the best in the Big Ten. Michigan State (11): The Spartans avenged the home loss to Northwestern with a win at Wisconsin. Baylor (10): The Bears rolled Oklahoma and showed they have righted themselves.ĩ. Duke (9): The Blue Devils destroyed Syracuse and showed their potential.Ĩ. Kentucky (8): Not going to penalize the Wildcats for losing at Auburn.ħ. Purdue (7): The Boilermakers had quite the week with the tremendous win at Illinois on Monday, a crazy loss at Indiana and then followed up with the win over Northwestern.Ħ. The win at Kansas State was a gritty, gutsy win.ĥ. They shouldn’t have been in the teens last week. Arizona (3): The Wildcats keep on rolling - onto a showdown with UCLA Tuesday.Ĥ. Gonzaga (2): The WCC was supposed to provide a tough sled this season. Auburn (1): Tremendous week, highlighted by the win over Kentucky. 🔮: Check out the latest March Madness men's bracket predictionsġ. The two losses were to Northern Iowa by one (Mosley had 43 in that loss) and to Illinois State earlier in the season in overtime. The Bears are 6-2 in the league, 15-6 overall. Earlier in the week, he scored 24 on Illinois State. The Bears have won six of seven, including winning at league favorite Loyola Chicago behind our March Madness National Player of the Week Isiaih Mosley, who dropped 40 on the Ramblers. He’s got the Golden Eagles trending in the right direction.Īnd do not eliminate Missouri State from consideration from the Missouri Valley race. Shaka Smart was the perfect hire for Maquette. The Golden Eagles are 6-3 in the Big East, but they’ve got wins over Providence, Seton Hall and now this past week at Villanova and over Xavier to earn our March Madness Team of the Week honors. One of those teams that cannot be dismissed is Marquette. The league races are heating up with a number of leagues wide open among a handful of teams. That’s the best news we’ve had in January. Pauses, postponements and cancelations are at their lowest point of the Omicron surge.
