The prime of the SEC actually didn’t flinch this earlier week, nonetheless there was important movement within the the rest of the assembly all through what grew to become a fairly disorderly week within the sporting exercise.
Here’s each little factor you missed out on in Week 11 of the college basketball interval, and the latest Associated Press males’s basketball survey.
Iowa State drops, surpassed by Duke
Just per week earlier, the Cyclones safeguarded their best place in program background. They grabbed a strong sway Hunter Dickinson and Kansas on Wednesday night, additionally, and pressed their win contact to 12– which was the simplest within the nation.
But on Saturday, that every one concerned an finish.
West Virginia, many because of 12 components from Javon Small within the final 2 minutes of the online game, shocked Iowa State in Morgantown and grabbed a 64-57 dismayed win. Iowa State had 14 flip overs en masse, went 1-of-17 from the 3-point line and shot merely 7 completely free tosses the entire online game. The Cyclones have been held to undoubtedly their flooring general of the interval.
As an end result, Iowa State went down 1 place toNo 3 within the AP survey. It’s nonetheless the highest-ranked group within the Big 12. Kansas relocated toNo 12 as we speak, and Houston may be present in atNo 7. Duke jumped Iowa State toNo 2.
As for the SEC, factors remodeled fairly troubled all through the board on the courtroom. But there was little movement within the survey in per week the place quite a few main teams SEC teams shed to rated assembly challengers.
Auburn held strong because the consentaneousNo 1 group as we speak additionally with out celeb Johni Broome – that dropped beforehand this month with an ankle joint damage. The Tigers undoubtedly surrendered Mississippi State on Tuesday in a blowout declaration win. They after that snuck earlier Georgia on Saturday, which pressed them to 17-1 on the interval. They have Tennessee as we speak, which will definitely be a further exhausting struggle for them – notably if Broome isn’t again.
The Vols, nonetheless, shed as soon as extra after their preliminary lack of the interval beforehand this month. Jason Edwards arrange 18 components for Vanderbilt to guide the Commodores to a sensational one-point win in Nashville onSaturday It important Vanderbilt’s 2nd sway Tennessee of their final 14 matches. Tennessee, presently having truly shed 2 of its final 4, continued to be atNo 6 as we speak whatever the loss. The Vols will definitely set upNo 14 Mississippi State on Tuesday previous to taking a visit to Auburn onSaturday It notes the beginning of a stretch the place they’ll deal with 4 straight rated challengers in a progressively disorderly SEC, in order that they’ll require to rebound swiftly if they’re mosting more likely to keep on par with Auburn within the assembly.
Alabama likewise dropped in the home to Ole Miss on Tuesday night, and unranked Missouri ripped off Florida inGainesville The Crimson Tide reacted and defeated Kentucky when driving on Saturday, nonetheless, nonetheless likewise continued to be unmoved within the survey atNo 4. The SEC has 9 teams rated all through the survey, consisting of 5 within the main 10.
Duke went as much asNo 2 within the survey as we speak after Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils received their twelfth straight win onSaturday Flagg racked up 28 point out cause them to a 25-point blowout swayBoston College Iowa State, Alabama and Florida spherical the rest of the main 5.
Outside of Auburn, the SEC seems to be defeating itself up a good bit as we become involved within the thick of assembly play. That’s sure to seek out for the Tigers in the end, although they’re undoubtedly in the simplest setting additionally with out their celeb gamer supplied. As for the Cyclones, they’re nonetheless within the car driver’s seat within the Big 12 no matter Saturday’s loss. If they will rebound swiftly over the next couple of weeks– they’ll deal with UCF, Arizona State, Arizona and Kansas State, each one in all that are actually winnable– the loss at West Virginia will definitely merely be a spot on their return to.
Games to see as we speak
Tuesday,Jan 21
No 14 Mississippi State atNo 6 Tennessee|7 p.m. ET|ESPN2
Wednesday,Jan 22
No 13 Texas A&M atNo 16 Ole Miss|9 p.m. ET|ESPN2
Friday,Jan 24
No 14 Michigan atNo 11 Purdue|8 p.m. ET|FOX
Saturday,Jan 25
Georgia atNo 5 Florida|3:30 p.m. ET|SECNetwork
No 7 Houston atNo 12 Kansas|6:30 p.m. ET|ESPN
No 6 Tennessee atNo 1 Auburn|8:30 p.m. ET|ESPN
AP Top 25
The full Associated Press males’s basketball survey from January 20, 2025.
1. Auburn (17-1, all 62 first-place ballots)
2. Duke (16-2)
3. Iowa State (15-2
4. Alabama (15-3)
5. Florida (16-2)
6. Tennessee (16-2)
7. Houston (14-3)
8. Michigan State (16-2)
9. Kentucky (14-4)
10. Marquette (15-3)
11. Purdue (15-4)
12. Kansas (13-4
13. Texas A&M (14-4)
14. Mississippi State (15-3)
15. Oregon (15-3)
16. Ole Miss (15-3)
17. Illinois (13-5)
18. Wisconsin (15-3)
19. UConn (13-5)
20.St John’s (16-3)
21. Michigan (14-4)
22. Missouri (15-3)
23. West Virginia (13-4)
24. Memphis (14-4)
25. Louisville (14-5)
Others Receiving Votes: Texas Tech 104,Utah St 38, Vanderbilt 35, Gonzaga 34, Georgia 30, Clemson 30, Arizona 21, Saint Mary’s 12, Cincinnati 4, Baylor 4, UC Irvine 3, Wake Forest 2, Creighton 2, Bradley 1, Maryland 1.
