It’s simply the very first week in February, and the Big 12 is falling aside just a little bit, nonetheless the ACC has a particularly clear fave that nobody seems environment friendly in quiting.
Here’s each little factor you missed out on in Week 13 of the fellows’s college basketball interval, and the present Associated Press basketball survey.
Duke wins, as soon as once more, within the ACC
The ACC is Cooper Flagg’s to shed.
Duke grabbed its latest blowout win on Saturday mid-day in your house whereas its superstar more energizing seemed extraordinarily comfortable in his very first competitors online game withNorth Carolina The Blue Devils, many because of 21 components and eight rebounds from Flagg, rolled to the 87-70 win. That pressed them to 19-2 on the yr and a finest 11-0 in ACC play.
Duke held atNo 2 on this week’s survey, nonetheless behind top-rankedAuburn The Tigers, at the moment at 20-1, defeated each LSU and Ole Miss this earlier week. Alabama, Tennessee and Houston after that accomplished the main 5.
The Blue Devils are positively travelling through the ACC, and nobody seems capable of give up them. They have really at the moment received 15 immediately, and have really received every of their seminar video video games by roughly nearly 20 components. Even of their nearer matches– like their achieve NC State final Monday, which was shut up till completion– they’ve really recurrently had the power to retreat down the stretch.
At this issue, it’s obscure that’s mosting more likely to have the power to essentially give up Flagg andDuke The ACC, which is sort of in a down yr, hasn’t had the power to make a harm in all to date. The Blue Devils have merely one positioned challenger left on their regular interval timetable, nonetheless it’s a nonconference online game versusNo 23 Illinois afterward this month.
Though an unbeaten seminar run is perhaps an impractical ask, the Blue Devils stay in a chief setting getting within the final giant stretch of the interval.
Cyclones spiral with back-to-back losses
It was a difficult week for Iowa State, and the highest of the Big 12.
The Cyclones went down back-to-back video video games and noticed their 29-game house successful contact at Hilton Coliseum finish after Kansas State rolled to a 19-point blowout win onSaturday It matched the most important win by an unranked group versus a top-three challenger within the background of the AP Poll, in keeping with ESPN.
That loss got here merely days after a wild ending at Arizona final Monday, when Caleb Love struck a ridiculous buzzer-beater from previous half-court to compel additional time. Those Wildcats after that flew prematurely within the added length to get the 11-point win, which obtained them again within the survey right this moment atNo 20.
Iowa State, at the moment having really shed 3 of its final 5 video video games, went down 5 locations toNo 8 on this week’s survey.
They aren’t the one Big 12 group having a tough time, nonetheless the Cyclones require to rally promptly if they’re mosting more likely to make a play for the traditional interval title. That begins at Kansas on Monday night, the place the Jayhawks have really been managing their very personal issues.
Kansas, after shedding to Houston in your house not too long ago, dropped at Baylor by 11 components onSaturday The Bears made use of a prolonged 17-0 run late within the 2nd fifty p.c, the place they outscored Kansas 60-30, to get the win and attain 14-7 on the yr. That relocated Kansas toNo 16.
The Cougars, no matter starting 9-0 in Big 12 play, broke down in additional time on Saturday night and shed their very first seminar online game to Texas Tech by a solitary issue. Houston nonetheless boosted an space toNo 5 on this week’s survey.
While the highest of the Big 12 has really divided itself, the race amongst that staff continues to be positively any particular person’s to win.
Games to see right this moment
Monday,Feb 3
No 8 Iowa State atNo 16 Kansas|9 p.m. ET|ESPN
Tuesday,Feb 4
Vanderbilt atNo 6 Florida|7 p.m. ET|SECNetwork
No 14 Kentucky atNo 25 Ole Miss|7 p.m. ET|ESPN
Wednesday,Feb 5
No 15 Missouri atNo 4 Tennessee|7 p.m. ET|SEC Network
Friday,Feb 7
No 12St John’s atNo 19 UConn|8 p.m. ET|Fox
Saturday,Feb 8
Oregon atNo 9 Michigan State|12 p.m. ET|Fox
No. 10 Texas A&M atNo 15 Missouri|3:30 p.m. ET|SECNetwork
No 6 Florida atNo 1 Auburn|4:00 p.m. ET|ESPN
AP Top 25
The full Associated Press guys’s basketball survey from February 3, 2025.
1. Auburn (20-1)
2. Duke (19-2)
3. Alabama (19-3)
4. Tennessee (18-4)
5. Houston (17-4)
6. Florida (18-3)
7. Purdue (17-5)
8. Iowa State (17-4)
9. Michigan State (18-3)
10. Texas A&M (17-5)
11. Marquette (18-4)
12.St John’s (19-3)
13. Texas Tech (17-4)
14. Kentucky (15-6)
15. Missouri (17-4)
16. Kansas (15-6)
17. Memphis (18-4)
18. Maryland (17-5)
19. UConn (16-6)
20. Arizona (15-6)
21. Wisconsin (17-5)
22. Mississippi State (16-6)
23. Illinois (15-7)
24. Michigan (16-5)
25. Ole Miss (16-6)
Others Receiving Votes: Clemson 182, Saint Mary’s 136, Louisville 86, Creighton 50, Oregon 39, UCLA 26, New Mexico 23, Drake 18, Gonzaga 11, Utah State 8, Vanderbilt 4, Baylor 3, George Mason 3, Texas 1, Oklahoma 1
