9. Xavier- Villanova has been absolute thorn in their side since joining the Big East. The loss exposed why they’ll be susceptible to an early March exit, they are not a good defensive team. They’ll be a lot of pressure on the senior back court to carry this team.
8. Arizona- They should win out in league play. The win at Arizona State in that atmosphere was impressive. Like Duke, this is probably a projection ranking based still on potential.
7. Duke- No Bagley as they head to Clemson today. I’ll be curious to see how Clemson plays offensively. If they’re scoring effortlessly or even simply getting great looks over and over, that’ll be a bad look for Duke.
6. North Carolina- Have won 5 straight and had a real impressive win at Louisville last night. Weird to think of the defending champs as a dark horse heading into March.
5. Gonzaga- They will be the most underseeded team there is next month.
4. Purdue- The offense has gone stale. Wisconsin is not a good offensive team and the Kohl Center has not been an advantage this year for them. The Big 14 regular season ends next Sunday!
3. Virginia- The Bennett family belongs in GITMO.
2. Michigan State- They held Northwestern to 11 second half points in one of the dumbest games of the year. Northwestern scored 49 points in the first half and proceeded to miss 17 straight shots in the 2nd half. The game was played at Rosemount as NU is undergoing renovations. It was pro-Sparty and Tom Izzo commented afterwards about the culture has to change among the fans as well at Northwestern. Talk about tone deaf and more reason to hope for abject failure for this program.
1. Villanova- Someone has to be 1
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