We have finally reached the last week of the college basketball regular season. It’s always a little bittersweet to me. Because gone are the Tuesday and Wednesday nights where I just watch college basketball for five straight hours. Gone are the four-game Multiviews on YouTube TV that I meticulously hand-pick to watch in each window based on my rooting interest, DFS lineups, and bets. But, on the other hand, the MADNESS is almost here… Here is where we stand with our latest college basketball rankings.
Top 25 College Basketball Rankings
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1. Duke
The Blue Devils have to be considered the favorites to win the National Championship at the time of this writing, thanks in large part to their win over Michigan and then the absolute demolition of every opponent since. The development of Dame Sarr into an actual offensive weapon could be huge for this team moving forward.
2. Michigan
I loved to see the bounce-back from the Wolverines after the Duke loss by going into Illinois and coming away with a W. This team is very upset-proof in my opinion: they have a massive frontcourt that very few teams can match up with, and having 3 great big men allows one or even two to get in foul trouble without a whole lot of issue.
3. Arizona
The Wildcats have been just straight impressive since their little two-game slide, rattling off five straight wins with four of them over top-25 competition. Brayden Burries is developing into more of an alpha as the season goes along, and I expect a big postseason from him.
4. Florida
The Gators have been the best team in the nation since January 25, per Torvik. It’s not hard to see why – their frontcourt has been tremendous and the backcourt is finally living up to their preseason hype. The development of Rueben Chinyelu into a literal double-double machine has been huge for making this team a legitimate threat to go back-to-back.
5. UConn
The UConn Huskies just played a top-25 team and held them to under 20% shooting from the field. Let that sink in. That’s hard to do against any Division I opponent, let alone a good one. Also, shout out to Alex Karaban – four years of being a starter at one school is a rarity in college basketball these days, and he got a well-deserved ovation at Senior Day.