The 4 power-conference groups that stay undefeated — Arizona, Iowa State, Vanderbilt and Nebraska — occupy the highest 4 sports activities in Monday morning’s up to date CBS Sports activities High 25 And 1 every day faculty basketball rankings.
Every group is 16-0 with 5 Quadrant 1 victories. Unbelievable tales, all of them. However here is the query now: Which undefeated group would be the final to lose this season — Arizona, Iowa State, Vanderbilt or Nebraska … or Miami (Ohio)?
(Sure, Miami can be undefeated however unranked right here.)
On a latest episode of the Eye On School Basketball Podcast, I predicted it could really be Miami, if solely as a result of the Redhawks are 97th at KenPom.com with zero video games remaining towards groups ranked within the high 110. They challenge as favorites in each remaining regular-season and positively may, even when they nearly definitely will not, enter the NCAA Match with a zero within the loss column.
Both approach, what I’ve accomplished right here is have a look at the 5 remaining undefeated groups and recognized when every may have a lower than 60% likelihood to win their subsequent sport, in keeping with KenPom. For No. 1 Arizona, it is January 26 at BYU. For No. 2 Iowa State, it is Feb. 21 at BYU. For No. 3 Vanderbilt, it is March 7 at Tennessee. For No. 4 Nebraska, it is Jan. 27 at Michigan. For unranked Miami (Ohio), it is Jan. 20 at Kent State.
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That clearly determines nothing. However it does counsel the Commodores may preserve a zero within the loss column for some time longer, which is wild contemplating they have been picked eleventh within the SEC preseason ballot.