Read The Athletic’s latest men’s college basketball Top 25 rankings. Shead’s initial try missed, but this time he got the game-winner off in time: Tennessee Tennessee is up to 18th in offense at KenPom and has the third-best defense in college basketball. And if you take out the seven games when he was dealing with his ankle and slumping, he’s …
Read The Athletic’s latest men’s college basketball Top 25 rankings. The Huskies stayed disciplined off ball, and their on-the-ball defense was terrific, relying on their ability to keep the ball in front and use their length to make Villanova take tough contested shots: Creighton took 18 unguarded catch-and-shoot 3s against UConn, per Synergy’s tracking. Among the Jayhawks starters, Furphy and …
Read The Athletic’s latest college basketball power rankings. For the season, LJ Cryer has been Houston’s highest-usage player, but amidst a mini-slump — he’s only shooting 37.5 percent the last five games — Shead has had to assume a larger scoring role. Kansas Last week: 7 We’re not gonna ding Kansas too hard for losing at Iowa State on Saturday …
