1. The Big XII is going to be a bloodbath. 7 teams in the top 20 of KenPom currently. The league will get weighed down by the bottom third as the season continues, but the top third is going to be capable of making a Final 4.
2. However, Arizona has a Caleb Love problem. Trendy pick for All-American, he’ll get his shots and I think that’ll be a problem for them. Big test for Tommy Lloyd to figure it out.
3. Kentucky will be less sexy without Cal but probably a better at playing basketball team. Will be curious to watch them at Clemson next month and against Gonzaga. Sweet 16 seems like a ceiling but I think I’m buying Mark Pope stock?
4. Matt Norlander had the best reaction to Arizona-UW-Madison game. He doesn’t know what to take from it. Arizona dominated the boards but didn’t make 3’s. Wisconsin did. Ref show of epic proportion. Might be a game we look back at and ask how’d that happen?
5. Take a look at the daily schedule. Too many garbage games on the schedule. It’ll only get worse as power conferences continue to move away from NCAA governance. Not sure what the answer is, but way too many D-III teams getting games.
