I usually spend the few hundred phrases that prime every replace of the CBS Sports activities High 25 And 1 day by day school basketball rankings on a selected recreation or crew or participant. Not often do I concentrate on days.
However what a day that was!
Completely unimaginable.
The primary Saturday of February seemed good on paper, as Matt Norlander and I mentioned on Friday’s episode of the Eye On Faculty Basketball Podcast. However good issues on paper do not all the time ship. Generally they’re duds. However Saturday was something however because of (amongst different issues) A) North Carolina beating Duke 71-68 on a final-second 3-pointer from Seth Trimble, B) Michigan State topping Illinois 85-82 in extra time courtesy of a 26-point, 15-assist effort from Jeremy Fears Jr., C) Houston profitable at BYU in a recreation that includes a number of projected top-10 NBA Draft picks, and D) Kentucky persevering with its turnaround with a 74-71 victory over Tennessee that pushed Mark Pope’s Wildcats to 8-1 of their previous 9 video games.
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I might preserve going — however absolutely you get the purpose.
If Tremendous Bowl Sunday is pretty much as good as Faculty Basketball Saturday, we’re in for a deal with when the Seahawks and Patriots take the sector. Both method, Arizona stays No. 1 in Sunday morning’s up to date High 25 And 1 for the twenty ninth straight day because of Saturday’s 84-47 destruction of Oklahoma State that moved the Wildcats to 23-0.
And you realize what’s subsequent, proper?
Yep, Large Monday must be appointment tv with top-ranked and undefeated Arizona heading to Allen Fieldhouse to play the projected No. 1 choose of the 2026 NBA Draft (Darryn Peterson) and Kansas. As Rock Chalk Weblog famous on X, Arizona, the primary visiting No. 1 crew to enter Allen Fieldhouse within the Invoice Self Period, can be attempting to turn out to be the primary opponent to ever beat Self at house in a Large Monday recreation.
He is 38-0 in such contests up to now.
Monday’s tip is ready for 9 p.m. ET.
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North Carolina
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