NCAAB Power Rankings: Can anyone dethrone Gonzaga?

Fri Jan 03 2020Jason Ence

It’s a new year and a new decade, but the Gonzaga Bulldogs continue to be one of the top teams in the nation as the calendar turns over to 2020. They are joined at the top by some other familiar faces, while a few other programs try to kick off the new year by crashing the party. Let’s jump right into our Power Rankings as conference play swings into full gear!
New Year's resolutions for college basketball's top teams

Wed Jan 01 2020Nick Roush

As the calendar turns from 2019 to 2020, college basketball programs across the country have an opportunity to start fresh in conference play. Some need dramatic changes more than others to make a successful run in March.
NCAAB Power Rankings: Gonzaga stays on top while Kansas falters

Sat Dec 28 2019Jason Ence

As we head into the final days of the 2010s, we finally have a team holding steady at the top of our power rankings. Gonzaga holds their top spot, avoiding the musical chairs we have had over the first part of the college basketball season, while the Jayhawks slide just a bit after their loss to Villanova. Let’s get into this week’s Power Rankings, as we enter the final weekend of the non-conference schedule.
Michigan State's NCAA championship odds continue to worsen as injuries pile up

Fri Dec 27 2019Annie Moore

After Christmas comes the long lines at the mall to return that shirt that’s two sizes too small, or the sweater your great aunt was sure you’d love. And as we all make our exchanges, it’s time to reevaluate some teams we were buying at the beginning of the season as title contenders. Surely many Michigan State bettors are looking for the customer service counter, as the Spartans’ odds to win it all have dropped from second place at +1000 to +1600, just in the last week.
Kansas moves up odds board to win NCAA national title

Fri Dec 20 2019Annie Moore

There’s a new No. 1 again this week in college basketball. Only seven weeks into the season, Kansas is the fifth team to reach the top spot, and while college basketball fans and bettors try to make heads or tails of the parity across the country this season, Kansas’s odds to win it all in March are starting to drop.
NCAAB Power Rankings: Does anybody want to be #1?

Thu Dec 19 2019Jason Ence

We have yet another team making their debut at the top of the list, as the Bulldogs of Gonzaga are our newest top-ranked squad this season. Will they be able to hang onto it for a while, or will they falter—like every team that came before them?

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NCAAB preview: Gonzaga a big favorite against reeling UNC

Wed Dec 18 2019Annie Moore

North Carolina will take the court in Spokane, Washington on Wednesday, and what awaits the Tar Heels on the end of the cross-country trip likely won’t be another feather in Roy Williams’ cap. North Carolina is on a losing streak, has dropped out of the Top 25 and will be without star Cole Anthony. Gonzaga sits at No. 2 in the nation and looks poised to secure a statement win in front of a sellout home crowd and a national-television audience.
Ranking the best big men in college basketball

Fri Dec 13 2019Nick Roush

College basketball has transformed into a guard’s game, but the best teams can’t be the best without steady play in the post. These bigs have shown early in the season they are the cream of the crop.
Kentucky falls out of the top 5 in NCAAB championship odds

Fri Dec 13 2019Annie Moore

It seems like the Kentucky Wildcats are in the national championship discussion every year. Head coach John Calipari brings in a class of highly touted recruits and finds himself ranked in the preseason nearly every year. This season was no exception, as UK was ranked in the top five and reached No. 1 early in the season.
NCAA basketball power rankings: Buckeyes ascend to #1

Thu Dec 12 2019Jason Ence

Another top-ranked team suffered a loss to an unranked opponent. Following in the footsteps of Kentucky and Duke, the Louisville Cardinals are the third top-ranked squad to fall to a team without a number next to its name—although they are the only one in this group to lose to a Power Five team.
NCAAB game of the night: #5 Michigan vs. Illinois

Wed Dec 11 2019Annie Moore

No. 5 Michigan will travel to Champaign to take on Illinois Wednesday night, in an early Big Ten test for both teams. Michigan enters off a 103-91 win over Iowa, while Illinois is still stinging from a 59-58 loss to No. 4 Maryland.
NCAAB: Louisville’s defense is legit, and other lessons learned

Tue Dec 10 2019Nick Roush

It’s getting colder, but the basketball action is heating up across America. Here’s what we learned in college basketball as the calendar turned from November to December.
Louisville emerges as early favorite to win NCAA Championship

Fri Dec 06 2019Annie Moore

A couple years removed from the scandal that saw the departure of Rick Pitino and the removal of championship banners, second-year head coach Chris Mack’s has the Louisville Cardinals as the favorite to win it all in March. So how did they get here?