There are all sorts of swell matchups this week, largely due to the ACC-Big Ten hookups.
Tuesday’s action includes Indiana at Syracuse (No. 6), Michigan at Duke (9) and Notre Dame at Iowa.
Wednesday it will be North Carolina at top-ranked Michigan State, Wisconsin (14) at Virginia and Maryland at Ohio State (4).
Another one to watch Monday: Florida (12) at Connecticut (7).
Rank (Last Week) | Record | Comment |
1. Michigan St. (1) | 7-0 | Keith Appling is oh-so-quietly having a tremendous senior season with Big Ten POY honors definitely a possibility. |
2. Kentucky (4) | 7-1 | The final five pre-SEC games should be tough as heck. |
3. Kansas (2) | 6-1 | I couldn’t care less about the “struggles” in the Bahamas. This is the team best equipped to win the national title. |
4. Ohio State (5) | 6-0 | The balance and efficiency of this team, at both ends of the floor, is still overlooked by many. |
5. Arizona (7) | 7-0 | This team has given us a pretty nice example of how half-court defense should be played. |
6. Syracuse (8) | 7-0 | Tyler Ennis is playing better than any freshman point guard in the country right now. |
7. Connecticut (9) | 7-0 | The team’s top rebounders are guards Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright – not a good sign, in reality. |
| 8. Wichita State (10) | 8-0 | A question to ponder – Is this as good a team as there is right now? |
9. Duke (3) | 6-2 | There isn’t a more effective shooter in college right now than Rodney Hood (.622 FG/.591 3PT/.818 FT). |
10. Louisville (12) | 6-1 | Saturday game with Louisiana-Lafayette will draw a lot of NBA scouts’ attention. |
11. Oklahoma State (6) | 7-1 | There was never any offensive rhythm Sunday night vs. Memphis. The defensive was sluggish and ineffectual as well. |
12. Florida (13) | 6-1 | Monday night game vs. Connecticut is going to feature a terrific battle of backcourts. |
13. Iowa State (16) | 5-0 | Dec. 13 home game vs. Iowa is going to be worth watching, even if you don’t have a rooting interest in either program. |
14. Wisconsin (16) | 8-0 | Badgers have shown knack for winning tight games. There should be another of those types of affairs Wednesday night. |
15. Villanova (NR) | 7-0 | Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls . . . Here is the “surprise team” of the season so far. |
16. Memphis (NR) | 5-1 | The win Sunday night in Orlando may have been the most significant of Josh Pastner’s young head coaching career. |
THE NEXT 16 (alphabetically): THE NEXT 16 (alphabetically): Baylor 5-1, BYU 6-2, Charlotte 6-1, Cincinnati 6-0, Colorado 7-1, Gonzaga 7-1, Harvard 7-1, Illinois 7-0, Iowa 7-1, Michigan 5-2, North Carolina 4-2, Oregon 7-0, Pittsburgh 7-0, San Diego State 5-1, UCLA7-0 and Virginia 7-1.
TEAMS OF THE WEEK
*Arizona: Rallied from 20 down to beat Drexel and then knocked off Duke two nights later in NYC.
*Memphis: Every bit of a 180 turn-around Sunday night from shellacking it took in Stillwater.
*San Diego State: Yes, the Aztecs are definitely in the hunt for the MWC title, thank you very much.
*Syracuse: Went it about its business in no-nonsense fashion in Hawaii.
*Wichita State: That was a very nice win Sunday against a likely NCAA tourney squad in Saint Louis on its home floor.
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
*Ron Baker (Wichita): The 6-3 sophomore averaged 22 points in wins over DePaul, BYU and Saint Louis.
*CJ Fair (Syracuse): The 6-8 senior forward dropped 24 points on Baylor in the Maui Invitational finale and took the long flight home in possession of MVP hardware.
*Shaq Goodwin (Memphis): The 6-8 sophomore center averaged 14.0 points and 6.7 rebounds to help the Tigers capture the Old Spice Classic in Orlando.
*Nick Johnson (Arizona): The 6-2 junior guard got the MVP nod after helping his team to the NIT Tip-Off in Madison Square Garden.
*Xavier Thames (San Diego State): The 6-3 senior point guard looked like a potential MWC POY while earning MVP honors during Aztecs’ Wooden Legacy title run in Orange County.
Frank Burlison has been covering hoops for 30+ years for a variety of publications.
Follow Frank on twitter @FrankieBur. Also make sure to follow his website at www.burlisononbasketball.com. College coaching staffs interested in Burlison’s scouting service should contact him at [email protected].
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