1 🔄Final week: No. 1 | File: 22-0. As a result of Baylor has been on pause since Feb. 2, and Gonzaga‘s continued to mutilate WCC opponents, the Bulldogs have additional distanced themselves in effectivity margin at KenPom. As of Tuesday morning, Gonzaga was +3.51 factors at KenPom forward of Baylor in adjusted effectivity margin. The 2 groups had been flip-flopping the highest spot in AdjEM previous to Baylor’s COVID-19 halt three weeks in the past. The Zags at the moment are within the neighborhood of a 95% probability to be undefeated on Choice Sunday, ought to they select to play within the WCC match.  2 🔄Final week: No. 2 | File: 17-0. The Bears get a super return-to-action opponent when their 21-day pause ends Tuesday evening: 2-16 Iowa State involves city. The Cyclones are within the midst of certainly one of their worst seasons ever, now rating 162nd at KenPom. Baylor’s subsequent three video games are in flux, based on sources. The Thursday sport vs. West VIrginia is more likely to get moved, along with many different Massive 12 matchups subsequent week. Extra info is anticipated to be introduced by the league workplace Tuesday afternoon.  3 ⤴️Final week: No. 4 | File: 16-1. Is Michigan now on Gonzaga and Baylor’s stage? I can not say that with 100% confidence but. These two groups are each undefeated and Michigan will not be. Michigan has a shorthanded 18-point street loss at a Minnesota workforce that is now dangerously flirting with lacking the NCAA Event. However Michigan is at worst the third-best workforce in America and Juwan Howard is the strongest nationwide coach of the yr candidate not named Mark Few or Scott Drew. Contemplating the whole lot Howard’s achieved this season to get Michigan to the place it’s, maybe he ought to be in line forward of these two. (Gonzaga and Baylor had been each projected No. 1 seeds a season in the past, bear in mind.) Sunday’s win was magnificent and it is a marvelous workforce to look at. 4 🔻Final week: No. 3 | File: 18-5. I am not going to bump Ohio State multiple spot for its dwelling loss to Michigan. It was OSU’s first loss in additional than a month; this workforce has two losses since Jan. 3. No. 4 remains to be truthful. Sunday’s sport, a day after Illinois steamrolled Minnesota, was affirmation that the Massive Ten is extremely more likely to have two No. 1 seeds this yr. If and when that occurs will probably be the third time in convention historical past the B1G’s achieved this. The 2 earlier occasions had been 2001 (Illinois and Michigan State) and 1993 (Indiana and Michigan).  5 ⤴️Final week: No. 7 | File: 18-5. The small indicators a coach likes to see at this level within the season, no matter opponent: your workforce’s bench places up 57 factors. I am sorry, what? FIFTY-SEVEN POINTS? Alabama‘s bench had 57, Vanderbilt‘s bench had 10 within the Tide’s too-close-for-comfort 82-78 dwelling win Saturday. Jaden Shackelford is Nate Oats’ secret weapon; he had a season-high 27 factors. I will have way more later this week right here on CBSSports.com about Alabama, so swing again round quickly. 6 ⤴️Final week: No. 8 | File: 13-3. Don’t be thrown by the Seminoles working their manner as much as No. 6. This workforce has one loss in 2021 — sure, there was a COVID pause blended in — however Leonard Hamilton’s membership has received eight of its previous 9 video games and now sits alone atop the ACC standings. Raiquan Grey is the breakout ACC participant this season. He is scored in double figures in eight straight video games and is averaging 16.4 factors in that span, with FSU going 7-1. In Grey’s eight video games prior, to start out the season, he averaged 7.0 factors. 7 ⤴️Final week: No. 11 | File: 16-5. Illinois has seemed as spectacular as any workforce prior to now two weeks. Brad Underwood’s received seven straight — the following win will mark his longest successful streak since he was teaching Stephen F. Austin in 2015-16. In a span of 4 video games Ayo Dosunmu has logged two triple-doubles, the more-recent one occurring Saturday at Minnesota (19 factors, 10 rebounds, 10 assists). Illinois has 4 triple-doubles in program historical past; Dosunmu is chargeable for half of ’em. This workforce’s a machine in the intervening time, and it in all probability badly desires to play Minnesota once more within the Massive Ten tourney as a result of in two video games this season Illinois is averaging 91.0 factors and Minnesota 64.0.  8 ⤴️Final week: No. 12 | File: 14-3. Hey, that was a wanted Quad 1 win Saturday for Villanova. The 68-60 dwelling victory towards UConn gave the Wildcats some constructive path. VU had 4 gamers in double figures, which was wanted contemplating the Wildcats overcame 5-of-22 3-point capturing, its worst show of the season. I keep Jeremiah Robinson-Earl is Second Workforce All-America materials. He had 17 and 11. Nova’s subsequent sport comes tonight vs. St. John’s, which it misplaced to Feb. 3.  9 🔻Final week: No. 6 | File: 18-3. Now here is a great stat, per Elias: Houston‘s final 124 video games don’t characteristic back-to-back losses. That is the longest streak within the nation. That is a serious credit score to Kelvin Sampson, and clearly an eye-popping reality. Credit score to Sampson for this as effectively: Houston agreed to play Western Kentucky this Thursday, at Houston, in a nonconference affair. WKU is attempting to assist its at-large probabilities, whereas UH figures a win like this is able to enhance its final probabilities to be a No. 2 seed.  10 🔻Final week: No. 5 | File: 19-4. The Trojans performed thrice since our final meet-up right here, going 2-1 with the loss coming at dwelling towards Arizona. Did you see the 72-58 win over Oregon on Monday evening? It was a 14-point win that felt nearer to 40. I let you know this: USC is the most effective true darkish horse Remaining 4 decide as of right this moment. Size, dimension, protection, expertise, depth. It would not have each piece … nevertheless it has a number of them. Being that it is a West Coast workforce not named Gonzaga, it is also acquired nice worth. With the fitting draw, this group can win 4 in Indianapolis. 11 🔻Final week: No. 9 | File: 14-5. The Hokies’ lengthy layoff (final performed Feb. 6) ends Tuesday evening. Georgia Tech heads into Cassell Coliseum in a must-win for the Yellow Jackets. It is also a must-win for Virginia Tech‘s ACC title hopes. Mike Younger’s workforce is one sport behind Florida State, which it’s not scheduled to face this season. VT catches a break after this pause in that its subsequent three video games are all at dwelling. 12 ⤴️Final week: No. 14 | File: 14-5. Austin Reaves continues to shine. He’ll be a First Workforce All-Massive 12 man in an excellent convention. Reaves scored 20 factors in OU’s win over Iowa State on Saturday. Sooners have received eight of 9 and have the résumé of a No. 3 seed at this stage. Umoja Gibson (through North Texas) and Elijah Harkless (through Cal State Northridge) have confirmed to be priceless up-transfers after enjoying in obscurity the previous few seasons. 13 ⤴️Final week: No. 16 | File: 13-5. West Virginia has developed a warranted status prior to now decade below Bob Huggins as essentially the most rugged, hardest-to-kill workforce within the Massive 12. Few leads are secure. It is going to play as robust up 15 as it can down 15. On Saturday, WVU got here again from a 19-point deficit to win in considerably controversial trend at Texas. It was the second time this season WVU climbed out of a 19-point second-half gap and received. (Oklahoma was the opposite.) WVU held UT to 29 factors within the second 20 minutes and shot 37 foul pictures to Texas’ 10.  14 ⤴️Final week: No. 15 | File: 24-1. Final week’s Courtroom Report detailed Belmont’s fascinating state of affairs. The report is spectacular. By means of no fault of Belmont, and fully due to the coronavirus, the workforce hasn’t performed a top-100 opponent. The choice committee must take all of this into consideration if Belmont would not get the auto bid, or even when it does and the way it ought to be seeded. My take: If Belmont winds up 28-1, it ought to be a single-digit seed. It is received its final 21 video games by a median of 17 factors.  15 ⤴️Final week: N/R | File: 17-6. Trivia Time! Which groups have essentially the most wins towards ranked opponents this season? This might be wins towards opponents that had been ranked on the time of the sport. Clearly since we’re within the Iowa portion, a type of groups is the Hawkeyes. The one different is Kansas; they every have six. The Hawkeyes have discovered their footing as of late. After shedding 4 of 5 from Jan. 21-Feb. 7, Fran McCaffery’s workforce has received 4 in a row and now could be prepping for its second-toughest sport of the season: at Michigan on Thursday. Iowa and U-M cut up final season, with Michigan successful on its dwelling ground 103-91.  16 🔄Final week: No. 16 | File: 19-4. The Ramblers are tenth at KenPom and I really feel like no one however me is recognizing every day simply how insane that is. This isn’t a two- and even three-loss workforce. It goes to point out how dominant the Ramblers have been, even when they’re in all probability barely overvalued in that predictive metric. Two very winnable video games are left on the regular-season docket this weekend. Southern Illinois involves city. Ought to LUC win these, I might label it a lock for the NCAA Event.  17 🔄Final week: No. 17 | File: 16-5. No video games prior to now week for Creighton, which didn’t lose a sport in Massive East play and is twiddling its thumbs earlier than its subsequent matchup Wednesday vs. DePaul. The Bluejays are 4 wins away from one other 20-win season. In the event that they get there, it can mark the tenth time in 11 seasons below Greg McDermott that Creighton has hit a minimum of 20 victories.  18 🔻Final week: No. 10 | File: 15-5. Tony Bennett’s workforce takes one other tumble following a second straight street loss. UVA was a half-second away from successful on an airball-to-dunk conversion from Jay Huff, however no. Virginia has NC State and Miami at dwelling this week. It additionally, curiously, has just one win towards a possible NCAA Event workforce (at Clemson). In some way, Virginia’s holding on to a NET rating of 9.  19 🔄Final week: No. 19 | File: 17-5. The Razorbacks performed as soon as since final week’s Hey Nineteen, successful 75-64 at dwelling towards Florida. At 9-4 within the SEC, Arkansas is tied with LSU for second place within the standings. A rematch between these two comes Saturday on Arkansas’ dwelling ground. LSU received the primary sport 92-76. The winner of that may in all probability have the No. 2 seed within the league bracket. However first: vs. Alabama Wednesday evening.