The Villanova Wildcats remained atop the Associated Press poll for the week of Jan. 15. They defeated Xavier and St. John’s in the previous week. The Virginia Cavaliers move up to No. 2 which matches the team’s highest-ever ranking since the 2014-15 season. After wins over Syracuse and North Carolina State, Virginia has been designated […]
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Heading into this week, the Villanova Wildcats returned to the top spot in Monday’s new poll after an upset-filled week of Jan. 1 that included losses by No. 1 Michigan State and No. 2 Duke. The second-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers — which beat then-No. 7 Oklahoma Sooners and star freshman Trae Young last week — […]
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Heading into this week, the Michigan State Spartans, which haven’t lost since Nov. 14, are No. 1 for the first time since the 2015-16 season, the 12th time overall. Making the biggest jump in the poll this week are the Oklahoma Sooners (from 12 to 7) at their highest ranking since reaching No. 1 and […]
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Heading into this week, the nation’s current top four teams — Villanova, Michigan State, Arizona State and Duke — won their six games for the week of Dec. 18-23 by an average margin of 39.7 points. Tenth-ranked TCU has the nation’s longest winning streak at 17 games dating to last season’s NIT championship, and now […]
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CBS features its second weekend of college basketball coverage for the 2017-18 season with the aptly-named CBS Sports Classic doubleheader of Ohio State vs. North Carolina followed by Kentucky vs. UCLA on the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 23. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your browser does not support iframes. This section of […]
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The Crossroads Classic, the four-team basketball event of Indiana schools — Indiana Hoosiers, the Purdue Boilermakers, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and Butler Bulldogs — held in Indianapolis, Indiana at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, will take place on Dec. 16 and be televised on Fox. Purdue and Notre Dame are both ranked in the Associated Press […]
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The Villanova Wildcats will look to continue its winning momentum this week when they head to Madison Square Garden in New York City to take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 pm on ESPN as part of the Jimmy V Classic. Gonzaga is also coming off an impressive win, a comeback […]
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Playoff implications abound during this conference championship weekend. Victories by Clemson, Oklahoma, Auburn and/or Wisconsin in their respective games will practically ensure a spot for each of them in the College Football Playoff among the available four slots. Any loss by any of the aforementioned teams will put the playoff rankings in flux. Follow @SonOfTheBronx […]
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Two of college basketball’s premier conferences meet this week in the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Three of its marquee matchups (all airing on ESPN) include Michigan vs. North Carolina followed by Duke vs. Indiana oh Nov. 29 and Notre Dame vs. Michigan State on Nov. 30. Follow @SonOfTheBronx If you can see this text, your […]