Most important transfer: There are a number of candidates for this but Marquette’s Darryl Morsell has been critical to the Golden Eagles thus far. They started 8-0 under new coach TJ Otzelberger.ġ5. Iowa State won the NIT Tip-Off by clocking Memphis in Brooklyn.
The Cyclones were picked 10th in the preseason poll for the Big 12. Biggest surprise: Plenty of candidates here, but the safe choice is Iowa State. The game lasted so long on the final night of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge that the late games were already into the second half before the Wolfpack finally finished off the Huskers.ġ4. Craziest game: NC State beat Nebraska in four overtimes, which included a minor scuffle with a few ejections. The overall negativity was too much on Turgeon and his family, and forced the decision the first week of December rather than waiting to see what would happen in three months.ġ3. Most surprising move: The timing of Maryland’s Mark Turgeon mutually agreeing to step down as head coach last week. And that’s a good sign that there was plenty to celebrate.ġ2. Maybe social media is promoting more of it or it's just happening more often, but the post-game water dousing has been happening quite a bit. The new post-game trend: Dumping water, in bottle or bucket form, on the coach and or star of the game. MORE: Instant reactions to the first NET rankings | View today's NET rankingsġ1. Then Florida beat Ohio State at the buzzer for the title on a Tyree Appleby 3-pointer. Ohio State beat Seton Hall on a Meechie Johnson 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left. Most exciting tournament: The Fort Myers Tip-Off. 20 Florida 69-54 for the Tigers first win of the season.ġ0. Texas Southern, on game nine of a 14-game, season-starting road trip, shocked No. Most stunning upset: Well, it just happened Monday. Texas Southern is the first SWAC program to defeat a ranked SEC program in the AP Poll Era (Since 1936) Ranked SEC teams entered 51-0 vs SWAC opponents. Dayton has a legit chance to be an NCAA tournament team after that tournament title.
There were more dramatic buzzer-beaters but none was as important. Best buzzer-beater: Dayton’s Mustapha Amzil’s jumper to lift Dayton to a 74-73 win over Kansas in the Orlando semifinals during Feast Weak. HERE'S THE DATA: 5 of the biggest surprises through the first month of the men's basketball seasonħ. Broadcast partner Dave O’Brien did a marvelous job of letting the moment breathe and giving Dick his space to express himself. Vitale was understandably emotional prior to the tip of the UCLA-Gonzaga game in Las Vegas. Best moment: ESPN’s 82-year old Dick Vitale returning to the broadcast position in person while battling cancer, chemo treatments. They will likely be the top three in the 2022 NBA Draft.Īn emotional Dick Vitale returns to the booth. Both have been more consistent than Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren.
The three-person race for freshman of the year: Duke’s Paolo Banchero has the inside track but don’t dismiss Auburn’s Jabari Smith. There is still plenty of time for this list to grow but teams like Colorado, Oregon and Washington State need to start winning key games.ĥ. The Pac-12 has three in UCLA, USC and Arizona. The Pac-12: The WCC has four legit candidates to make the NCAA tournament one month in with Gonzaga, BYU, San Francisco and Saint Mary’s. The deepest league: The SEC looks like the deepest conference - for now - with seven teams that should be in the NCAA tournament in Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee, Florida and LSU.Ĥ. You can mix and match the order one month in, but the race is on for the Naismith Award.ģ. Liddell have been the most consistent and influential players on likely NCAA tournament-bound teams. Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn, Duke’s Paolo Banchero, Kansas’ Ochai Agbaji, Auburn’s Jabari Smith, Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, Gonzaga’s Drew Timme, Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis, Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis, Iowa’s Keegan Murray, Alabama’s Jaden Shackelford, UCLA’s Johnny Juzang and Ohio State’s E.J. Player-of-the-year chase: It’s wide open. Oh, and the Boilermakers have a motivational tool - a first-round loss to North Texas last March.Ģ.
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The Boilermakers have the most complete team in the quest for the national title with a towering, imposing big man tandem in Zach Edey and Trevion Williams and the most entertaining and one of the fastest players in the country in Jaden Ivey. Purdue’s best win was over Villanova at Mohegan Sun. 1 team in the country, the first time the Boilermakers have been No. One month into the season in men’s college basketball, here's what we've learned: