New Rankings

KU beat No. 1 today, SDSU lost, and now Gonzaga losing big to BYU. Can you say unanimous No. 1. Quite the day.

The next question is, what happens to tourney seeding? Does SDSU get knocked to a 2 seed? Does Duke or Dayton make it to the 1 line? Of course, there are still a lot of games, but for SDSU, Gonzaga and Dayton the path is far easier than for Kansas, Baylor, or Duke or even potentially Maryland or Penn St. I believe Duke is No. 1 worthy in terms of talent and where they are right now, but that loss to SFA looms large for a 1 seed. I believe Gonzaga is probably worthy of a 1 seed but they may have dropped to the 4th 1 seed. SDSU is a tougher one. They lost to a non tourney team at home in February. That should knock them off the 1 line. But does Duke or Dayton move up? Stay tuned.

Here it is: https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2020/02/22/dominant-udoka-azubuike-leads-no-3-kansas-past-no-1-baylor/

This is a video from JR's article. It shows how Bill Self ran the pick and roll from the middle of the floor vs. the side.
www.instagram.com/p/B84dxdYB-wh/

This is another video from within the article. It shows how well Dok covered ball screens.


Good stuff overall!

Medcalf talks about it a little. He also has some really nice praise for Azubuike.

www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/sto...l-fall-wild-saturday

SDSU, Gonzaga both lose ... Now what?

San Diego State entered halftime of Saturday's 66-63 loss to UNLV with a 12-point deficit, its largest halftime deficit of the season. But that didn't scare Brian Dutcher's squad, which had been down at halftime in three previous outings and had come back to win all three of those games by double digits, per ESPN Stats & Information research.

This time, however, that didn't happen for SDSU, which had a multitude of opportunities to close the gap down the stretch once UNLV went cold. Malachi Flynn started 5-for-15 before making a few plays late to give the Aztecs a chance to win, but it wasn't enough.

The NCAA men's basketball selection committee placed SDSU in the fourth No. 1 slot during its first in-season bracket reveal. At the time, Kevin White, the chairman of the committee, said the group thought Gonzaga was clearly the better team and more deserving of the top spot in the West Region. Under that initial arrangement, SDSU would have faced Duke, potentially, at Madison Square Garden in the Elite Eight.

But Saturday's loss could change all of that for San Diego State. How does the committee view SDSU now after it suffered a home loss to a UNLV team that was ranked No. 123 in the NET entering the matchup? We won't know for sure until Selection Sunday.

It seemed as if SDSU was fighting for Gonzaga's spot until Saturday's loss. Hours later, however, Gonzaga seemed vulnerable following its loss to BYU. It seemed like Gonzaga was a lock to occupy the top spot in the West Region but that no longer feels certain. The entire picture might have changed on Saturday night.

Thanks Porthawk. I particularly liked the pic of Dok, plus that they included part of his interview with Holly Rowe. His heart is in it for sure.