The top of the SEC really did not flinch this previous week, however there was significant motion in the remainder of the meeting throughout what became a quite disorderly week in the sporting activity.
Here’s every little thing you missed out on in Week 11 of the university basketball period, and the most recent Associated Press males’s basketball survey.
Iowa State drops, surpassed by Duke
Just a week earlier, the Cyclones safeguarded their finest position in program background. They grabbed a powerful sway Hunter Dickinson and Kansas on Wednesday evening, also, and pressed their win touch to 12– which was the most effective in the nation.
But on Saturday, that all involved an end.
West Virginia, many thanks to 12 factors from Javon Small in the last 2 mins of the video game, shocked Iowa State in Morgantown and grabbed a 64-57 dismayed win. Iowa State had 14 turn overs en masse, went 1-of-17 from the 3-point line and shot simply 7 totally free tosses the whole video game. The Cyclones were held to without a doubt their floor overall of the period.
As an outcome, Iowa State went down 1 place toNo 3 in the AP survey. It’s still the highest-ranked group in the Big 12. Kansas relocated toNo 12 today, and Houston can be found in atNo 7. Duke jumped Iowa State toNo 2.
As for the SEC, points transformed quite troubled throughout the board on the court. But there was little motion in the survey in a week where numerous leading groups SEC groups shed to rated meeting challengers.
Auburn held solid as the consentaneousNo 1 group today also without celebrity Johni Broome – that dropped previously this month with an ankle joint injury. The Tigers definitely surrendered Mississippi State on Tuesday in a blowout declaration win. They after that snuck previous Georgia on Saturday, which pressed them to 17-1 on the period. They have Tennessee today, which will certainly be an additional hard fight for them – particularly if Broome isn’t back.
The Vols, nonetheless, shed once more after their initial loss of the period previously this month. Jason Edwards set up 18 factors for Vanderbilt to lead the Commodores to a sensational one-point win in Nashville onSaturday It significant Vanderbilt’s 2nd sway Tennessee in their last 14 matches. Tennessee, currently having actually shed 2 of its last 4, continued to be atNo 6 today regardless of the loss. The Vols will certainly organizeNo 14 Mississippi State on Tuesday prior to taking a trip to Auburn onSaturday It notes the start of a stretch where they’ll tackle 4 straight rated challengers in a progressively disorderly SEC, so they’ll require to rebound swiftly if they are mosting likely to stay on par with Auburn in the meeting.
Alabama likewise dropped in the house to Ole Miss on Tuesday evening, and unranked Missouri ripped off Florida inGainesville The Crimson Tide reacted and defeated Kentucky when driving on Saturday, nonetheless, however likewise continued to be unmoved in the survey atNo 4. The SEC has 9 groups rated throughout the survey, consisting of 5 in the leading 10.
Duke went up toNo 2 in the survey today after Cooper Flagg and the Blue Devils got their 12th straight win onSaturday Flagg racked up 28 indicate lead them to a 25-point blowout swayBoston College Iowa State, Alabama and Florida round the remainder of the leading 5.
Outside of Auburn, the SEC appears to be defeating itself up a fair bit as we get involved in the thick of meeting play. That’s certain to find for the Tigers ultimately, though they are definitely in the most effective setting also without their celebrity gamer offered. As for the Cyclones, they are still in the vehicle driver’s seat in the Big 12 regardless of Saturday’s loss. If they can rebound swiftly over the following couple of weeks– they’ll tackle UCF, Arizona State, Arizona and Kansas State, every one of which are really winnable– the loss at West Virginia will certainly simply be a spot on their return to.
Games to see today
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 complete 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.
