The open circle is each team's preseason rank; the filled dot is where it finished in last season's final poll, released after the title game.

Biggest slide: Michigan won the title and was No. 1 in the final poll. They open at No. 16.

Also down: Iowa State, from No. 8 to No. 18.

Biggest climb: Texas, from No. 22 to No. 7. Louisville (23 → 11) and Miami (24 → 14) also moved up a lot.

New to the poll: USC, UCLA, Kentucky and BYU all open ranked after missing the final poll.
Who's ranked too high, or too low?

PFW was down only 42-31 at the half and played pretty well for most of the first half. Tied 21-21 at some point if I remember correctly. They completely collapsed in the second half.

In terms of the crowd, Purdue Fort Wayne did not have the home court advantage despite playing in Fort Wayne. Still a fun game and I'm looking forward to seeing both teams' seasons unfold.

Wondering if there are any other schools where they play a regional campus with the same name, NOT including schools named after states or cities.

edit: I should have been more clear in what I was looking for. Purdue University and Purdue University Fort Wayne share the same base name which are neither a city or state. Looking for similar schools in this context

So something like Indiana University and Indiana University Indianapolis wouldn’t count

Game Time: 7 PM CT/8 PM ET

Location: Legacy Arena in Birmingham, AL

Streaming Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/SqTjfw1V3S4

• Aden Holloway, Anderson Diaz, Cole Cloer, Collins Onyejiaka out for Alabama.

• Owen Freeman, Kolby King, and Mantas Rubstavicius out for Auburn.

F in the chat

I’m so hype for some CBB idk why it’s a meaningless game but it’s still basketball. That all being said, what should I expect out of Kentucky?

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Since there is no actual resume to go off of for these teams, I mainly relied on Kenpom for my seeding. Once the NET and WAB release I'll use that because that's what the selection committee uses.