12 Nov12 - "Moisture!"

Volume XVII, No. 2 - 12 Nov12 - [] Top 25 Ballot

"Moisture!"

(Where's Pool Boy when you need him?)

Two of the four MILITARY SALUTE games didn't finish. Ohio State and Marquette (CARRIER CLASSIC in Charleston, SC) never got going, and Florida and Georgetown (NAVY/MARINE CLASSIC in Jacksonville, FL) suspended their game at halftime, both because moisture condensation made the court unsafe for the players. Meanwhile, the threat of rain postponed San Diego State and Syracuse (BATTLE ON THE MIDWAY in San Diego, CA) from Friday to Sunday. The still windy conditions made jump-shooting a problem and the Aztecs were a woeful 1-for-18 on three-pointers outside while the Orange zone blocked 10 shots on the inside in 'Cuse's 62-@49 win. Inside an airplane hangar (ARMED FORCES CLASSIC at RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY), Connecticut surprised Michigan State 66-62 (behind 25p from gShabazz Napier; despite 15p10r5s from xBranden Dawson). (Remember, UConn is facing a postseason ban, so making noise in the preseason is about all it has to look forward to.)

    
It should have taken Baylor longer to get settled in with a completely new front line (after last year's trio left for the NBA), but it doesn't look like it. Freshman 7-0 cIsaiah Austin had 22 points in just 17 minutes before leaving with an ankle injury; former reserve cCory Jefferson made the transition to lead player look seamless with 26p13r in the Bears' surprisingly easy rout of Lehigh, @99-77 (despite 36p8r from tC.J. McCollum, playing without frontcourt partner fGabe Knutson).

    
For once, new-look Kentucky didn't have "home"-crowd advantage at a "neutral site" in the feature double-header of the BC CLASSIC at the BARCLAYS CENTER in Brooklyn. The young Wildcats led big early but had to hang on for a 72-69 win over Maryland (despite 23p12r from 7-0 cAlex Len). In the opener, Morehead State upset hometown Long Island, 77-@74 (despite 26p from fJamal Olasewere).

The current trend with preseason "tournaments" is for the BCS/Mid-Major schools to get one or two home "Warm Up" games against visiting 1BC teams and then the neutral-site semifinals' being pre-set. So, in the 3x4 COACHES VS CANCER CLASSIC, South Alabama's 76-@71 road win over last year's ACC champ, Florida State, doesn't earn it a trip to BARCLAYS CENTER in Brooklyn; it's still assigned to the B Consolation round-robin at Georgia State.

    
Yikes -- Kent State knocked off Drexel, @66-62(OT). (Remember, a bad preseason kept the COLONIAL title champ Dragons from an NCAA bid last year.) Coastal Carolina got things off to a good start with a home win, @74-70, over visiting Akron (thanks to 27p8r from tAnthony Raffa). 30p from gNate Wolters wasn't enough for South Dakota State at Alabama in the 2KS CLASSIC Warm Up as the Crimson Tide held on @70-67.

We've already got our first two Unwelcome Guest victors. No surprise that Air Force claimed the ALL-MILITARY crown, 77-@70, over host The Citadel (behind 33p from tMichael Lyons); but Texas-San Antonio's 79-@70 win over host Old Dominion (behind 30p from 5-11 gMichael Hale III) was unexpected.

    
All of the games at the CONNECTICUT 6 CLASSIC triple-header at Hartford went down to the wire. fKeith Matthews sank the game-winning free throw in Fairfield's 64-63(OT) win over Central Connecticut State; Sacred Heart hung on 85-82(OT) over Yale (behind 29p from gShane Gibson; depsite 28p from 5-11 gAustin Morgan); and Quinnipiac edged host Hartford 65-@61.

The CHAMPIONS CLASSIC double-header (Tuesday in Atlanta) has already lost a bit of lustre just one week in. (Duke now looks like the favorite over young Kentucky, while Kansas seems an even bigger favorite over Michigan State.) Florida hosts Wisconsin (Wednesday) with both teams looking solid already. Kent State tries to keep the roll going when Valparaiso comes to town (Sunday).

    
Lots of new (smaller) preseason tournament this year. The 8-team BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS (Louisville, Memphis, Duke, Missouri, Stanford, VCU) is the big one; the 16-team NIT SEASON TIP-OFF (Michigan, Pittsburgh, Kansas State, Lehigh) isn't bad, either; possible marquee matchups include LEGENDS (Indiana-UCLA), CHARLESTON (Baylor-Murray State), LAS VEGAS-THANKSGIVING (Creighton-Wisconsin semi), ANAHEIM (St. Mary's-Drexel quarter).

Here's a comprehensive list:

• RAINBOW CLASSIC (RndRob(3) Nov 9-12 at Hawaii): Maryland-Eastern Shore, @Hawaii, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Houston Baptist.
  
• (New) BC CLASSIC (RndRob(4) Feature Nov 9 at Brooklyn NY /BARCLAYS/, on-campus): (Kentucky 72 Maryland 69; Morehead State 77 @Long Island 74.) Kentucky, Maryland, Morehead State, Long Island.
  
• CHAMPIONS CLASSIC (DblHdr Nov 13 at Atlanta GA /GA DOME/): @Kentucky-Duke, Kansas-Michigan State.
  
• (New) NUCDF CHALLENGE (RndRob(4) Nov 14-18 at San Diego): @San Diego, Siena, Tulsa.
  
• 2KS CLASSIC (3x4; Semis Nov 15-16 at New York NY /MSG/, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 16-18 at Hofstra, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 16-18 at Niagara): Alabama-Oregon State, Villanova-Purdue; South Dakota State.
  
• PUERTO RICO TIP-OFF (Qtrs Nov 15-18 at Bayamon PR): N.C. State-Penn State, Providence-Massachusetts, Tennessee-UNC(Asheville), Oklahoma State-Akron.
  
• CHARLESTON CLASSIC (Qtrs Nov 15-18 at Charleston SC): Baylor-Boston College, Dayton-Colorado, St. John's-@College of Charleston, Murray State-Auburn.
  
• (New) CS INVITATIONAL (RndRob(3) Nov 16-18 at Eastern Kentucky): @Eastern Kentuck, Kennesaw State, Towson, Radford.
  
• PARADISE JAM (Qtrs Nov 16-19 at St. Thomas VI): Connecticut-Wake Forest, Quinnipiac-Iona, George Mason-Mercer, New Mexico-Illinois(Chicago).
  
• HALL OF FAME TIP-OFF (2x4; Semis Nov 17-18 at Uncasville CT): Ohio State-Rhode Island, Seton Hall-Washington, Loyola(Maryland).
  
• MWC/MVC CHALLENGE (Nov 17-Dec 19 on-campus):
  @Creighton-Boise State, @UNLV-Northern Iowa, San Diego State-@Missouri State, @Illinois State-Wyoming, New Mexico-@Indiana State, Fresno State-@Southern Illinois, @Nevada-Drake, Evansville-@Colorado State, @Air Force-Wichita State. (Bradley doesn't play.)
  
• LEGENDS CLASSIC (3x4; Semis Nov 19-20 at Brooklyn NY /BARCLAYS/, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 19-21 at Duquesne, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 19-21 at Sam Houston State): Indiana-Georgia, UCLA-Georgetown.
  
• CBE CLASSIC (3x4; Semis Nov 19-20 at Kansas City MO, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 18-20 at Chattanooga, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 20-23 at Santa Clara): Kansas-Washington State, Texas A&M-St. Louis.
  
• MAUI INVITATIONAL (Qtrs Nov 19-21 at Lahaina HI /{Chaminade}/, Cons Semis Nov 17-18 at Elon): North Carolina-Mississippi State, Butler-Marquette, Texas-@{Chaminade}, Illinois-USC.
  
• COACHES VS CANCER (3x4; Semis Nov 20-21 at Brooklyn NY /BARCLAYS/, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 15-17 at Evansville, Cons RndRob(3) Nov 19-21 at Georgia State): (South Alabama 76 @ Florida State 71.) Notre Dame-St. Joseph's,
  Florida State-BYU; Buffalo, @Evansville, Yale, Western Illinois; South Alabama, @Georgia State, Tennessee State, Monmouth.
  
• CANCUN CHALLENGE (2x4; Semis Nov 20-21 at Cancun MEXICO): DePaul-Wichita State, Iowa-Western Kentucky.
  
• NIT SEASON TIP-OFF (16s Nov 12-13 at regionals, Semis Nov 21,23 at New York NY /MSG/, Cons RndRob(2) at TBA): @Michigan, Cleveland State; @Pittsburgh, Lehigh-Robert Morris; @Kansas State; @Virginia, Delaware.
  
• GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT (Qtrs Nov 21-24 at {Alaska-Anchorage}): Charlotte-Texas State, Loyola Marymount-Oral Roberts, Northeastern-UC(Riverside), Belmont-@{Alaska(Anchorage)}.
  
• (New) UTAH THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT (RndRob(3) Nov 21-24 at Utah): @Utah, Central Michigan, Idaho State, Wright State.
  
• BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS (Qtrs Nov 22-24 at Paradise Island BAHAMAS, Cons Semis Nov 21-22 at Florida Gulf Coast): Main: Louisville-Northern Iowa, Missouri-Stanford, Duke-Minnesota, Memphis-VCU; Cons: Akron-@Florida Gulf Coast,
  Toledo-Samford.
  
• OS/ORLANDO CLASSIC (WarmUp Nov 12 on-campus, Qtrs Nov 22-25 at Lake Buena Vista FL): Davidson-Vanderbilt, West Virginia-Marist, Oklahoma-UTEP, Gonzaga-Clemson; WarmUp: @Gonzaga-West Virginia.
  
• DTV/ANAHEIM CLASSIC (Qtrs Nov 22-25 at Anaheim CA, CoolDown Dec 5 on-campus): @St. Mary's-Drexel, Xavier-Pacific, @California-Drake, Georgia Tech-Rice; CoolDown: St. Mary's-@Drake.
  
• LAS VEGAS-THANKSGIVING INVITATIONAL (2x4; Semis Nov 23-24 at Las Vegas NV /ORLEANS/): Creighton-Wisconsin, Arkansas-Arizona State.
  
• GS CLASSIC (2x4; Semis Nov 23-24 at UNLV): @UNLV-Oregon, Cincinnati-Iowa State.
  
• SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INVITATIONAL (2x4; Semis Nov 23-24 at South Padre Island TX): TCU-Northwestern, Illinois State-UAB.
  
• (New) JOE CIPRIANO CLASSIC (2x4; Semis Nov 23-24 at Valparaiso): Nebraska-Kent State, Tulane, @Valparaiso.
  
• LAS VEGAS-CHRISTMAS CLASSIC (2x4; Nov 23-24 at Las Vegas NV /ORLEANS/): Virginia Tech-Bradley, Colorado State-Portland; Georgia Southern, Cal State-Bakersfield.
  
• (New) HOOPS 4 HOPE CHALLENGE (2x4; Semis Nov 23-25 at Puerto Vallarta MEXICO): South Carolina-Missouri State, SMU-Arkansas(Little Rock); Milwaukee.
  
• BIG 10/ACC CHALLENGE (Nov 27-28 on-campus): @Indiana-North Carolina, Ohio State-@Duke, N.C. State-@Michigan, @Wisconsin-Virginia, Michigan State-@Miami(Florida), Maryland-@Northwestern, Iowa-@Virginia Tech, @Wake Forest-Nebraska, @Florida State-Minnesota, Georgia Tech-@Illinois, @Penn State-Boston College, @Clemson-Purdue.
  
• SEC/BIG EAST CHALLENGE (Nov 29-Dec 1 on-campus): Syracuse-@Arkansas, @Florida-Marquette, Kentucky-@Notre Dame(BG), @Cincinnati-Alabama, @Providence-Mississippi State, @Mississippi-Rutgers, Villanova-@Vanderbilt, @Georgetown-Tennessee, @South Florida-Georgia, DePaul-@Auburn, @St. John's-South Carolina, Seton Hall-@LSU. (Louisville, Pittsburgh and Connecticut don't play; Missouri and Texas A&M don't play.)
  
• JOHN WOODEN CLASSIC (1Off Dec 1 at Anaheim CA): @UCLA-San Diego State.
  
• BB&T CLASSIC (DblHdr Dec 2 at Washington DC /VERIZON/): @Maryland-@George Mason, @George Washington-Manhatan).
  
• JIMMY V CLASSIC (DblHdr Dec 4 at New York NY /MSG/): N.C. State-Connecticut, Texas-Georgetown.
  
• CROSSROADS CLASSIC (DblHdr Dec 15 at Indianapolis IN): @Indiana-@Butler(IN), @Notre Dame-@Purdue(IN).
  
• (New) BROOKLYN WINTER FESTIVAL (DblHdr Dec 15 at Brooklyn NY /BARCLAYS/): Michigan-West Virginia, @St. John's-@St. Francis(New York).
  
• ALL-COLLEGE CLASSIC (1Off Dec 15 at Oklahoma City OK): @Oklahoma-Texas A&M.
  
• BIG FOUR CLASSIC (DblHdr Dec 15 at Drake): Iowa State-@Drake(IA), Iowa-Nothern Iowa(IA).
  
• GF/WV CLASSIC (RndRob(3) Dec 20-22 at Utah State): Southern Illinois, @Utah State, UC-Davis, Nicholls State.
  
• CABLE CAR CLASSIC (Semis Dec 21-22 at Santa Clara): @Santa Clara-Alcorn State, SMU-Wagner.
  
• (New) GOTHAM CLASSIC (RndRob(4) on-campus, Feature Dec 22 at New York NY /MSG/): @Syracuse-Temple, Canisius, Detroit, Alcorn State.
  
• (New) BROOKLYN HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL (DblHdr Dec 22 at Brooklyn NY /BARCLAYS/): South Caroina-@Manhattan, @Hofstra-Tulane.
  
• (New) ?MGM-CHRISTMAS INVITATIONAL? (DblHdrs Dec 22-23 at Las Vegas NV /MGM/): San Diego, Oregon State, James Madison, Boise State, San Jose State, New Orleans.
  
• DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC (Qtrs Dec 22-25 at Hawaii): San Diego State-San Francisco(CA), Mississippi-Indiana State, Miami(Florida)-@Hawaii, Arizona-East Tennessee State.
  
• DP CLASSIC (Semis Dec 28-29 at Chattanooga): Austin Peay-UT Valley, @Chattanooga-High Point.
  
• UCF HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT (Semis Dec 28-29 at UCF): @UCF-Howard, Belmont-Boston University.
  
• ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC (1Off at Ft. Lauderdale FL): @Florida State-Tulsa.
  

ESPN's COLLEGE HOOPS TIP-OFF MARATHON begins MONDAY OVERNIGHT (12:01AM Tuesday) and runs ALL-DAY TUESDAY featuring Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Davidson, Gonzaga, Michigan State and Butler.
     Lots to choose from.

-- Ron

Key games this week:

Monday:

RAINBOW CLASSIC RndRob3/3 @ HonoluluHI

-(MDEaShore-ARPineBluff, @Hawaii-HoustonBaptist),

Monday-Thursday; Monday week-Wednesday week:

LEGENDS CLASSIC WarmUp(2) on-campus, 2nd/Cons @ PittsburghPA HuntsvilleTX, 3rd/Semis @ BrooklynNY /BARCLAYS/

-(A: @Indiana, @Georgia;

  B: @UCLA, @Georgetown;

  A Cons: @Duquesne, YoungstownSt, JamesMadison, NDState;

  B Cons: SoMississippi, UCIrvine, @SamHoustonSt, Liberty),

Monday-Tuesday; Saturday-Sunday; Monday week-Wednesday week:

MAUI INVITATIONAL WarmUp(1) on-campus, 3rd/Cons @ ElonNC, 2nd/Qtrs @ LahainaHI

-(Mon week [Main]: NCarolina-MississippiSt, Butler-Marquette, Illinois-USC, Texas-@{Chaminade};

  Sat [Cons]: Colgate-@Elon, FLAtlantic-CoppinSt),

Monday-Tuesday; Thursday-Wednesday week:

COACHES VS CANCER CLASSIC WarmUp(2) on-campus, 2nd/Cons @ EvansvilleIN;AtlantaGA, 3rd/Semis @ BrooklynNY /BARCLAYS/

-(A: @NotreDame, @StJosephs;

  B: @FloridaSt, @BYU;

  A Cons: Buffalo, @Evansville, Yale, WeIllinois;

  B Cons: @GeorgiaSt, TennesseeSt, SAlabama, Monmouth),

Monday-Tuesday; Saturday-Sunday; Friday week:

HALL OF FAME TIP-OFF RndRob on-campus, @ UncasvilleCT

-(A: @OhioSt, @RhodeIsland, MOKansasCity, Albany;

  B: @SetonHall, @Washington, LoyolaMD, NorfolkSt),

Monday-Tuesday; Monday week-Tuesday week; Wednesday week,Friday week:

NIT SEASON TIP-OFF 1st/16s @ regional sites, Semis/Finals @ NewYorkNY /MSG/

-(  NORTH: @(1n)Michigan-IUPUI, (7n)ClevelandSt-BowlingGreen(OH);

     EAST: @(4e)Pittsburgh-Fordham, (5e)Lehigh-@(6e)RobertMorris(PA);

   MIDWEST: @(3m)KansasSt-Lamar, NTexas-{ALHuntsville};

    SOUTH: @(2s)Virginia-Fairfield, (8s)Delaware-Penn).

Monday-Thursday; Sunday-Friday week:

CBE CLASSIC WarmUp(2) on-campus, 2nd/Cons @ SantaClaraCA ChattanoogaTN, 3rd/Sems @ KansasCityMO

-(A: @Kansas, @WashingtonSt;

 B: @TexasA&M, @StLouis;

 A Cons: @SantaClara, SCUpstate, EaWashington, UTValley;

 B Cons: SEMissouriSt, LouisianaTech, Troy, @Chattanooga),

Monday-Friday week:

BC CLASSIC RndRob on-campus

-(Kentucky, Maryland, MoreheadSt, LongIsland, Lafayette),

Monday-Sunday; Wednesday week-Thursday week; Thursday week-Saturday week:

BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS WarmUp(1) on-campus, 3rd/Cons Semis at FtMyersFL, 2nd/Qtrs at ParadiseIslandBAHAMAS

-(Main: Louisville-NoIowa, Missouri-Stanford, Duke-Minnesota, Memphis-VCU;

  Cons: Akron-@FLGulfCoast, Toledo-Samford),

Monday-Saturday week:

GS CLASSIC RndRob on-campus, @ Las VegasNV /UNLV/

-(A: @UNLV, @Oregon, NoArizona, JacksonvilleSt;

  B: @Cincinnati, @IowaSt, Campbell, NCA&T),

Monday; Thursday week-Friday week,Sunday week:

OS/ORLANDO CLASSIC WarmUp(1) on-campus, 1st,2nd/Qtrs @ LakeBuenaVistaFL

-(Mon: @Gonzaga-WVirginia;

  Thu week: Davidson-Vanderbilt, WVirginia-Marist, Oklahoma-UTEP, Gonzaga-Clemson),

Tuesday:

CHAMPIONS CLASSIC DblHdr @ AtlantaGA /GA DOME/

-([7Pet]: Kansas-MichiganSt;

  [9:30Pet]: Duke-@Kentucky),

(TIP-OFF MARATHON)

• (12Met): @ #14 Gonzaga v W Virginia (OS/ORLANDO CLASSIC WarmUp1/1)
  
• (2Aet): #12 Davidson @ New Mexico
  
• (4Aet): @ Hawaii v Houston Baptist (RAINBOW CLASSIC RndRob3/3 @ Honolulu, HI /Hawaii/)
  
• (6Aet): @ Rider v Stony Brook
  
• (8Aet): @ Valparaiso v No Illinois
  
• (10Aet): @ Massachusetts v Harvard (Boston,MA)
  
• (12Net): @ Kent St v Temple
  
• (2Pet): @ St John's v Detroit
  
• (4Pet): @ Xavier v Butler (BG)
  
• (7Pet): #19 Kansas v Michigan St (CHAMPIONS CLASSIC)
  
• (9:30Pet): #16 Duke v #23 @Kentucky (CHAMPIONS CLASSIC)
  

Tuesday-Saturday; Tuesday week-Wednesday week;

CANCUN CHALLENGE on-campus, @ CancunMEXICO

-(A: DePaul, WichitaSt, AustinPeay, WeCarolina;

  B: Iowa, WeKentucky, Howard, GardnerWebb),

Tuesday-Tuesday week; Wednesday week, Friday week-Saturday week:

JOE CIPRIANO CLASSIC on-campus, @ LincolnNE, @ ValparaisoIN:

-(A: KentSt, BethuneCookman, {NEOmaha};

  B: @Nebraska, Tulane, @Valparaiso, ChicagoSt),

Wednesday:

@Florida-Wisconsin, @LoyolaMD-MDBaltimoreCo(BaltimoreMD),

Wednesday-Saturday:

NUCDF CHALLENGE RndRob(4) @ SanDiegoCA

-(@SanDiego, Siena, Tulsa, CalStNorthridge, {NoKentucky}),

Thursday:

@TCU-SMU(FtWorth/DallasTX),

Thursday-Sunday; Friday week:

PUERTO RICO TIP-OFF Qtrs @ BayamonPR, on-campus

-(NCState-PennSt, Providence-Massachusetts, Tennessee-UNCAsheville,
OklahomaSt-Akron),

Thursday-Sunday:

CHARLESTON CLASSIC Qtrs @ CharlestonSC

-(Baylor-BostonCol, Dayton-Colorado, StJohns-@ColofCharleston, MurraySt-Auburn),

Thursday-Friday; Friday-Sunday week:

2KS CLASSIC 3rd/Semis @ NewYorkNY /MSG/, 2nd/Cons @ HempsteadNY NiagaraUniversityNY

-(Semis: Alabama-OregonSt, Villanova-Purdue;

  A Cons: @Hofstra, Marshall, SDState, {UDC};

  B Cons: Bucknell, @Niagara, NewMexicoSt, {WAlabama}, {NoNewMexico}),

Friday:

@NCarolina-LongBeachSt, @Hartford-SacredHeart(CT)(CT6),

Friday-Sunday:

CS INVITATIONAL RndRob(3) @ RichmondKY

-(@EaKentucky, KennesawSt, Towson, Radford),

Friday-Monday week:

PARADISE JAM Qtrs @ StThomasVI

-(Connecticut-WakeForest, Iona-Quinnipiac, GeoMason-Mercer, NewMexico-ILChicago),

Saturday:

@Penn-Drexel(PhiladephiaPA)(/PALESTRA/),

Saturday-Wed 19 Dec:

MWC/MVC CHALLENGE on-campus

[Bradley doesn't play.]

-(@Creighton-BoiseSt, @UNLV-NoIowa, SanDiegoSt-@MissouriSt, @IllinoisSt-Wyoming, NewMexico-@IndianaSt, FresnoSt-@SoIllinois, @Nevada-Drake, Evansville-@ColoradoSt, @AirForce-WichitaSt),

Sunday:

@MichiganSt-TexasSo,

Sunday,Tuesday week; Friday week-Saturday week:

LAS VEGAS-THANKSGIVING INVITATIONAL on-campus, @ LasVegasNV /ORLEANS/

-(A: Creighton, Wisconsin, Cornell, Presbyterian;

  B: Arkansas, ArizonaSt, FloridaA&M, Longwood),


SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INVITATIONAL on-campus, @ SouthPadreIslandTX

-(TCU, Northwestern, Navy, PrairieViewA&M;

  IllinoisSt, UAB, FairleighDickinson, DelawareSt),

Monday week:

@Arizona-LongBeachSt,

Monday week-Wednesday week; Saturday week-Sunday week:

HOOPS 4 HOPE CHALLENGE on-campus, @ PuertoVallartaMEXICO

-(A: SCarolina, MissouriSt, Rider, Jacksonville;

  B: SMU, ARLittleRock, Milwaukee, {Malone}).

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Top 25 - 12 Nov12 - [] Column

1. Louisville (1-0)
   
2. Indiana (1-0)
   
3. Ohio State (1-0)
   
4. North Carolina State (1-0)
   
5. Creighton (1-0)
   
6. Michigan
   
7. Florida (1-0)
   
8. Memphis
   
9. Ohio University (1-0)
   
10. Kansas State (1-0)
    
11. Baylor (2-0)
    
12. Davidson
    
13. Syracuse (1-0)
    
14. Gonzaga (1-0)
    
15. St. Mary's
    
16. Duke (1-0)
    
17. North Carolina (2-0)
    
18. Wisconsin (1-0)
    
19. Kansas (1-0)
    
20. UNLV
    
21. Connecticut (1-0)
    
22. UCLA (1-0)
    
23. Kentucky (1-0)
    
24. Missouri (1-0)
    
25. Arizona (1-0)
    

Honorable Mention:

South Alabama (1-0), Kent State (1-0), Coastal Carolina (1-0).