Author: Zach Pretzer

College Basketball Enthusiast and a Sports Management Major at Northwood University.

Each week, I will be posting my power rankings from all the power conferences including the A10 and AAC. Also at the end of each ranking, I will add a few remarks on different team’s movements. A10 1 Rhode Island 2 St Bonaventure 3 Duquesne 4 Richmond 5 St Louis 6 Dayton 7 VCU 8 Davidson 9 St Joes 10 La Salle 11 George Mason 12 Umass 13 GW 14 Fordham Rhode Island still remains on top after a great upset effort by Duquesne. AAC 1 Cincy 2 Houston 3 SMU 4 Wichita State 5 Tulsa 6 Memphis 7 Tulane…

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Each week on Monday, I will be posting a breakdown of the AP Top 25, as well as other headlines from power conference teams around the country. *AAC, A10, and WCC included in power conferences* AP Top-25 Villanova Virginia Purdue Duke Michigan State Xavier Kansas Cincinnati Arizona Texas Tech Auburn Oklahoma Saint Mary’s Gonzaga West Virginia Wichita State Ohio State Tennessee UNC Clemson Kentucky Rhode Island Florida Michigan Arizona State Top-25 Breakdown This week, we welcome Kentucky back into the rankings after they took out West Virginia in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, and West Virginia drops a ton with two…

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Each week on Friday, I will be posting my Top-10 Players in NCAA Basketball, and a brief statement on why they are ranked in my top 10. Last Week’s Top-10 1. Trae Young (Oklahoma)- Overall leading scorer in the country regains the top spot after topping Kansas this week. 2. Marvin Bagley (Duke)- Freshman monster for Duke who does it all. 3. DeAndre Ayton (Arizona)- Best center in the nation, who has led the Wildcats back to being dominant. 4. Jalen Brunson (Villanova)- Best court general in college basketball on the best team. 5. Devonte Graham (Kansas)- Kansas’s heart and sole in…

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Each week on Thursdays, I will be posting my Bracketology and bubble. *Filled in with red are the play in games* *The first team of each seed plays the first team in the opposing seed, for example seed 1-1 will play seed 16-1 as seed 8-4 will play seed 9-4* Bubble Last 4 Byes: Texas, FSU, Butler, Memphis. Last 4 In: USC, TCU, Oregon, Boise State. First 4 Out: Ole Miss, Boston College, Texas A/M, Vtech. Next 4 Out: Tulane, NC State, South Carolina, St Bonaventure.

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Each Week, I will be posting my Mid-Major Top-25 highlighting the top 25 teams from non-power conferences. These rankings exclude the A10, AAC and WCC. Also included each week will be a breakdown of all notable mid major notes around the country. Last Week’s Rankings Mid-Major Top-25  1 Nevada 2 New Mexico State 3 LA-Lafayette 4 SDSU Jack Rabbits 5 Middle Tennessee 6 SF Austin 7 Hawaii 8 Boise State 9 Buffalo 10 ETSU 11 Montana 12 Loyola-Chicago 13 Wofford 14 Vermont 15 Grand Canyon 16 Wright State 17 Old Dominion 18 Western Kentucky 19 Northern Kentucky 20 Belmont 21…

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Each week, I will be posting my power rankings from all the power conferences including the A10 and AAC. Also at the end of each ranking, I will add a few remarks on different team’s movements. The format for this week is a little different, so let me know how you like it! A10 1 Rhode Island 2 Davidson 3 St Bonaventure 4 Duquesne 5 St Joes 6 Dayton 7 VCU 8 St Louis 9 Richmond 10 Umass 11 GW 12 George Mason 13 La Salle 14 Fordham Rhode Island solidifies themselves as clear favorite and a lock for the…

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Each week on Monday, I will be posting a breakdown of the AP Top 25, as well as other headlines from power conference teams around the country. *AAC, A10, and WCC included in power conferences* AP Top-25 Villanova Virginia Purdue Duke Kansas MSU West Virginia Xavier Cincy UNC Arizona Oklahoma Ohio State Texas Tech Gonzaga St Marys Wichita State Clemson Auburn Florida ASU Tennessee Nevada Rhode Island Michigan Top-25 Breakdown #4 Duke and #5 Kansas are finally back where they are supposed to be, vowing for a one seed in the NCAA Tournament. #13 Oklahoma and #17 Wichita State suffered…

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Every Friday, I will be posting my Top-10 Players in College Basketball and a brief statement on why they are ranked in my top-10. 1. Marvin Bagley (Duke)- Freshman monster for Duke who does it all. 2. Trae Young (Oklahoma)- Overall leading scorer in the country. 3. DeAndre Ayton (Arizona)- Best center in the nation, who has led the Wildcats back to being dominant. 4. Devonte Graham (Kansas)- Kansas’s heart and sole in the form of an all around leader. 5. Jalen Brunson (Villanova)- Best court general in College Basketball on the best team. 6. Mo Bamba (Texas)- Best post-perimeter…

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Each week, I will be posting my Bracketology and bubble. *Filled in with red are the play in games* *The first team of each seed plays the first team in the opposing seed, for example seed 1-1 will play seed 16-1 as seed 8-4 will play seed 9-4* Bubble Last 4 Byes- Baylor, Oklahoma State, Memphis, Houston. Last 4 In- TCU, FSU, St Bonaventure, Boston College. First 4 Out- South Carolina, Texas A/M, Ole Miss, Arkansas. Next 4 Out- UCF, Georgia, LSU, Tulane.

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This week, I have a special post recognizing the power conference teams in the form of Power Rankings, as well as recognizing the non-power conference teams in the form of the Mid Major Top-25. We are just over half way through the season, so a combined post was needed to help us understand what things will look like come March (Check out Bracketology tomorrow). *WCC not included in Mid Major Top 25* Power Rankings A10 Rhode Island Davidson St Bonaventure VCU Duquesne Dayton George Mason St Joes Umass St Louis Richmond La Salle GW Fordham Davidson has hit a hot…

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