Author: Zach Pretzer

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

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 Oklahoma Duke West V Wichita State Texas Tech MSU Kansas Xavier Cincy Gonzaga Arizona UNC ASU Auburn Kentucky Seton Hall Clemson Tennessee Ohio State Michigan TCU Miami Top-25 Breakdown I believe the Associated Press was spot on with their top-25 this week. Our two new teams are Ohio State and Michigan, which I think was the most accurate part of the…

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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. 1. Trae Young (Oklahoma) – Face of College Hoops. 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. Tra Holder (ASU) – Turned the Sun Devils basketball program around. 5. Jalen Brunson (Villanova) – Best court general in College Basketball on the best team. 6. Miles Bridges (MSU) – Freak athlete…

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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- Providence, Washington, Alabama, Kansas State. Last 4 In- Louisville, Notre Dame, Oregon State, Georgia. First 4 Out- UCF, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, LSU. Next 4 Out- Butler, Syracuse, VTech, Ole Miss.

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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  New Mexico St Nevada Boise State Middle Tennessee UNLV SDSU Jack Rabbits Hawaii SF Austin ULL Wyoming Northern Kentucky Wright State Grand Canyon Murray State Montana Missouri State Western Kentucky Buffalo UT Arlington Lipscomb Wofford East Tenn State William & Mary Radford Oakland Mid-Major Notes Loyola Chicago has struggled so far in conference…

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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. A10 Rhode Island Duquesne VCU St Bonaventure Davidson St Joes La Salle St Louis GW Umass Dayton George Mason Fordham Richmond Duquesne has been last place in the A10 for many years, but now with the help of Eric Williams they are in second place in an easy conference. AAC Wichita State Cincy Houston UCF Tulane SMU Memphis Tulsa Temple Uconn ECU USF UCF has…

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Every Monday, I will be posting a breakdown of the AP Top 25, as well as other headlines from power conference teams around the country. Each highlighted team will be in bold. *AAC, A10, and WCC included in power conferences* AP Poll  Villanova West Virginia Virginia Michigan State Purdue Wichita State Duke Texas Tech Oklahoma Xavier ASU Kansas Seton Hall Cincy Gonzaga TCU Arizona Miami Clemson UNC Kentucky Auburn FSU Tennessee Creighton Top-25 Breakdown West Virginia jumps to #2, after they became the first team to slow down Trae Young and Oklahoma’s hot streak (Oklahoma falls to #9). Purdue and…

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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. 1. Trae Young (Oklahoma)- Face of College Hoops. 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. Miles Bridges (MSU)- Freak athlete and leader of the #1 Spartans. 5. Tra Holder (ASU)- Turned the Sun Devils basketball program around. 6. Trevon Blueitt (Xavier)- Best shooter in College Basketball. 7. Grayson Allen (Duke)-…

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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, Alabama, Butler, Tulsa. Last 4 In- Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Nevada, UNLV. First 4 Out- USC, Syracuse, VTech, Kansas State. Next 4 Out- Miss State, UCF, St Johns, Georgia.

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Each week on Wednesdays, 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. Highlighted teams are in bold. Last Week’s Rankings Mid Major Top-25  Boise State New Mexico St. Middle tennessee Nevada UNLV Cental Michigan SDSU Jack Rabbits Hawaii SF Austin Oakland ULL Missouri State Portland State Loyola Chicago Marshall Northern Colorado UT Arlington Albany Wyoming Wofford Wright State Grand Canyon South Dakota Charleston Murray State Mid Major…

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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. A10 Rhode Island St Bonaventure VCU La Salle GW Duquesne St Joes Richmond St Louis Davidson George Mason Umass Dayton Fordham St. Bonaventure is a serious contender for the A10 Championship when completely healthy, and they have proved it. AAC Wichita State Cincy Houston SMU Tulsa UCF Tulane Temple Uconn Memphis ECU USF Tulsa rise, and ECU and USF flipped spots at the bottom,…

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