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The Jayhawks sit in front of Purdue, Duke, FAU and Michigan State to begin the season​

The 2023-24 college basketball season gets underway Monday. For the first time in more than seven months, we'll have real games that count.

That's the good news.

The bad news is that the schedule stinks.

Have you looked at it yet? Twenty-one of the 25 teams in the preseason AP Top 25 poll are in action on Monday, but exactly zero of them will be matched against another ranked team. Furthermore, only one game involving a ranked team — No. 21 USC vs. Kansas State — has a point spread under 15, and the average point spread in Monday games featuring a ranked team is … 26. So, barring a big surprise, there shouldn't be much movement, if any, when I publish Tuesday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings.

Yes, the daily Top 25 And 1 is back!


Per usual, I'll update these rankings every morning of the season until the Monday after Selection Sunday. If you've been following the Top 25 And 1 throughout the offseason, you likely know that Kansas is starting at No. 1, Purdue is starting at No. 2 and Duke is starting at No. 3. Those three schools have represented the top three in the Top 25 And 1 since June, and it's worth noting that the Jayhawks, Boilermakers and Blue Devils are co-favorites to win the national title, according to oddsmakers, which means if things go as planned, either Duke's Jon Scheyer or Purdue's Matt Painter will win their first national championship in April, or Kansas' Bill Self will secure what would be his third.
 

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Top 25 And 1 rankings​

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KANSAS
Kansas returns three starters from a team that won the Big 12 and adds heralded transfers Hunter Dickinson and Nick Timberlake, plus five-star prospect Elmarko Jackson. The Jayhawks open the season Monday against North Carolina Central.--0-0
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PURDUE
Purdue returns six of the top seven scorers -- among them reigning CBS Sports National Player of the Year Zach Edey -- from a team that won the Big Ten regular-season title and conference tournament. The Boilermakers open the season Monday against Samford.--0-0
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DUKE
Duke returns the top four scorers - including possible breakout star Tyrese Proctor - from a team that went 10-1 in its final 11 games and won the ACC Tournament. The Blue Devils open the season Monday against Dartmouth.--0-0
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FAU
FAU returns all five starters - among them leading scorer Johnell Davis - from a team that won the Conference USA regular-season title and league tournament before advancing to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. The Owls open the season Wednesday against Loyola Chicago.--0-0
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MICHIGAN ST.
Michigan State returns five of the top six scorers - everybody except Joey Hauser - from a team that advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and adds a top-five recruiting class headlined by five-star big Xavier Booker. The Spartans open the season Monday against James Madison.--0-0
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MARQUETTE
Marquette returns eight of the top nine scorers - among them reigning Big East Player of the Year Tyler Kolek - from a team that won the Big East regular-season title and conference tournament. The Golden Eagles open the season Monday against Northern Illinois.--0-0
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HOUSTON
Houston returns five of the top eight scorers from a team that was a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and adds heralded transfer LJ Cryer, who averaged 15.0 points per game at Baylor last season. The Cougars open the season Monday against ULM.--0-0
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UCONN
UConn returns three of the top five scorers - including presumed breakout star Donovan Clingan - from a team that won the national championship and adds a top-five recruiting class headlined by five-star guard Stephon Castle. The Huskies open Monday against Northern Arizona.--0-0
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CREIGHTON
Creighton returns the top three scorers - among them preseason All-American Ryan Kalkbrenner - from a team that advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The Bluejays open the season Tuesday against Florida A&M.--0-0
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MIAMI
Miami returns three starters - most notably Norchad Omier, who averaged a double-double last season - from a team that advanced to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. The Hurricanes open the season Monday against NJIT.--0-0
 

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ARKANSAS
Arkansas returns four of the top eight scorers from a team that advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and adds heralded transfers Tramon Mark and Khalif Battle, plus five-star freshmen Baye Fall and Layden Blocker. The Razorbacks open the season Monday against Alcorn State.--0-0
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USC
USC returns four of the top seven scorers - most notably leading scorer Boogie Ellis - from a team that finished tied for second in the Pac-12 and adds a top-five recruiting class highlighted by Isaiah Collier, who is the highest-ranked prospect to enter college. The Trojans open the season Monday against Kansas State.--0-0
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SAN DIEGO ST.
San Diego State returns four of the top six scorers from a team that won the Mountain West regular season title and conference tournament before advancing to the championship game of the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs open the season Monday against Cal State Fullerton.--0-0
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TENNESSEE
Tennessee returns three of the top four scorers - including leading scorer Santiago Vescovi - from a team that made the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. The Volunteers open the season Monday against Tennessee Tech.--0-0
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TEXAS A&M
Texas A&M returns four starters -- among them Wade Taylor IV, the SEC's preseason Player of the Year -- from a team that won 25 games and finished 15-3 in the league. The Aggies open the season Monday against Texas A&M Commerce.--0-0
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KENTUCKY
Kentucky returns double-digit scorer Antonio Reeves from a team that earned a No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament and adds the nation's top-ranked recruiting class highlighted by possible lottery picks Justin Edwards and DJ Wagner. The Wildcats open the season Monday against New Mexico State.--0-0
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ARIZONA
Arizona returns two of the top four scorers - including Oumar Ballo, the reigning Pac-12 Most Improved Player - from a team that won the Pac-12 Tournament before securing a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats open the season Monday against Morgan State.--0-0
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BAYLOR
Baylor returns three of the top six scorers - most notably double-digit scorer Jalen Bridges - from a team that earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Bears open the season Tuesday against Auburn.--0-0
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GONZAGA
Gonzaga returns three of the top seven scorers - among them Anton Watson, who averaged 11.1 points and 6.2 rebounds last season - from a team that advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament and adds prominent transfers Ryan Nembhard, Graham Ike and Steel Venters. The Zags open the season Friday against Yale.--0-0
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TEXAS
Texas returns two of the top five scorers from a team that secured a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament and adds Max Abmas, an All-American talent who scored 2,562 points in four years at Oral Roberts. The Longhorns open the season Monday against Incarnate Word.--0-0
 

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SAINT MARY'S
Saint Mary's returns four of the top five scorers - among them All-American candidate Aidan Mahaney - from a team that shared the WCC regular-season title with Gonzaga. The Gaels open the season Monday against Stanislaus State.--0-0
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N. CAROLINA
North Carolina returns two of the top three scorers - including All-American Armando Bacot - from a team that spent much of the season ranked in the top 30 at KenPom, and adds prominent transfers Harrison Ingram and Cormac Ryan. The Tar Heels open the season Monday against Radford.--0-0
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ILLINOIS
Illinois returns three of the top four scorers - among them Terrence Shannon and Coleman Hawkins - from a team that secured a No. 9 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Illini open the season Monday against Eastern Illinois.--0-0
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VILLANOVA
Villanova returns two of the top three scorers - including leading scorer Eric Dixon - from a team that won six of its final eight Big East games. The Wildcats open the season Monday against American.--0-0
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ST. JOHN'S
St. John's returns Joel Soriano and adds notable transfers Daniss Jenkins, Jordan Dingle. RJ Luis and Glenn Taylor under first-year coach Rick Pitino. The Red Storm open the season Tuesday against Stony Brook.--0-0
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ALABAMA
Alabama returns three rotation pieces - among them Mark Sears - from a team that won the SEC regular-season title and conference tournament before securing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Crimson Tide open the season Monday against Morehead State.--0-0
 

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Louisville's Kenny Payne and Stanford's Jerod Haase are among the names on this year's hot seat list

This is the last place college basketball coaches want to find themselves just days before the start of a new season -- on a so-called hot seat list with the implication being that they need to have a nice next few months to avoid losing their jobs in March, if not sooner.

It's pressure on top of pressure. It doesn't normally end well.

But hopefully it does!

Because -- and I hope it goes without saying, but if it doesn't, please let me say it -- I derive no pleasure from this exercise. Speculating about other people's job status isn't fun. It's awkward. But trying to identify what jobs could open during or after this season has forever been a part of the preseason content. So, here we are again with a list of five men who clearly need a good year to ensure they get a next year.

Brad Brownell, Clemson

Brownell was on this list last November but survived by finishing tied for third in the ACC after being picked No. 11 in the preseason. Still, his Tigers did not make the NCAA Tournament, which means Brownell has only made the Field of 68 three times in 13 years and advanced past the Round of 64 just once. Can he really miss the NCAA Tournament again and survive again? Maybe. But I wouldn't suggest he try it.

Johnny Dawkins, UCF

Dawkins has made just one NCAA Tournament in seven years at UCF -- and that was while the Knights were in the very-manageable American Athletic Conference. UCF is now in the much-tougher Big 12 and was recently picked to finish last. Simply put, it defies logic to think a UCF program that had an average finish of sixth in the AAC under Dawkins will do anything other than consistently get buried in the Big 12. Eventually, that'll cost Dawkins his job, perhaps as soon as next March.

Mike Hopkins, Washington

Hopkins got off to a nice start at Washington. He won 21 games in his first season and advanced to the second round of the NIT, then won an outright Pac-12 title in his second season while guiding the Huskies to the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament. It looked like Washington found a coach who would keep the program at or near the top of the league for the foreseeable future -- but the past four years have been more bad than good: The Huskies are 28-50 in their last 78 Pac-12 games and have, on average, finished ninth in the conference and failed to participate in any postseason event. Unless Hopkins dramatically turns things around this season, his seventh year at Washington could be his last.

Jerod Haase, Stanford

Incredibly, this is the third straight preseason that Haase has appeared on this list, which suggests we should maybe name it in his honor someday. The 49-year-old getting an eighth year at Stanford despite making zero NCAA Tournaments in his first seven was probably the biggest surprise of the coaching carousel, in part because Stanford used to be a staple of the NCAA Tournament with 13 appearances in a 14-year span from 1995 to 2008.

Now, the Cardinal never go. And if they fail to play in the NCAA Tournament again this season for what would be the eighth consecutive year under Haase, it's reasonable to assume a change will be made. Then again, it was reasonable to assume the same thing last season and nothing happened even though Stanford went 7-12 in the Pac-12 and finished 10th in the league standings. So I guess we'll see.

Kenny Payne, Louisville

Louisville is one of the 10 best programs in college hoops history. It's a school that won the NCAA Tournament as recently as 2013. Hall of Famers Denny Crum and Rick Pitino coached there. So I am not exaggerating when I tell you that it would've been impossible to imagine the Cardinals going 4-28 and finishing No. 290 at KenPom before Payne took the job -- but that's exactly what they did last season in Payne's first year as a head coach.

Is it possible Payne's second season will go better? Sure, if only because it would be difficult for it to be worse. But things obviously aren't off to a great start considering Louisville just lost an exhibition to a mediocre Division II program. (Yikes!) Payne is a nice man and has been a great assistant over the years, but this head-coaching thing just isn't going well. I realize he's an alum and that it's a delicate situation, but there's no real reason to believe Payne will do enough in the coming months to convince Louisville's administration that a third season is warranted. By March, school officials will probably realize they should've done after Year 1 what they'll likely do after Year 2.
 

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CBS Sports experts provide one last set of predictions for the 2023-24 season: the Final Four field and national champion

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By David Cobb

, Gary Parrish

& Cameron Salerno

16 hrs ago•10 min read




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Part of college basketball's beauty is its unpredictability. Just one year after the 2022 NCAA Tournament produced a blue blood special of Duke, North Carolina, Villanova and Kansas in the Final Four, the 2023 Big Dance veered hard in an unexpected direction. The Final Four featured three first-time guests -- FAU, Miami and San Diego State -- along with No. 4 seed and eventual national champion UConn.

UConn, Miami and FAU were unranked to begin last season, while San Diego State was 19th. Meanwhile, North Carolina became the first preseason No. 1 team to ever miss the NCAA Tournament. Now, with the arrival of the 2023-24 season, it's time to embrace the possibilities once again.

When the ball is tipped Monday around the country, it will mark the beginning of a five-month journey that will culminate in Glendale, Arizona, for the 2024 Final Four. Opinions on who will be at State Farm Stadium on the first weekend of April vary tremendously within our panel of six experts here at CBS Sports. Collectively, we've picked 13 teams to reach the Final Four, with three different teams coming out on top as national champions.

Below, you'll find those attempts to predict what's in store for the thoroughly unpredictable sport of college basketball in the 2023-24 season.

Predicted champions

Kansas: The Jayhawks have won two national championships under Bill Self and would've been the favorite in 2020 if not for a global pandemic leading to the cancellation of the NCAA Tournament. Now, here they are again, No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 and the favorite in betting markets to win the 2024 NCAA Tournament largely because of Self's presence, the return of starters Dajuan Harris, Kevin McCullar and K.J. Adams and the addition of transfers Hunter Dickinson and Nick Timberlake. Kansas has talent, experience, depth and a coach who has been labeled the best in the sport by a panel of CBS Sports writers and analysts two straight years. That's a great combination and why I believe the Jayhawks are the team most likely to win the national championship, which would make Self just the seventh Division I men's coach in history to claim three NCAA Tournament titles. -- Gary Parrish (also David Cobb, Jerry Palm)

Purdue: There have only been two No. 1 seeds in NCAA Tournament history to lose to a No. 16 seed. One was Virginia in 2018, but the Cavaliers rebounded in the best way possible by winning the NCAA championship the following year. The other is Purdue in 2023, and I believe the Boilermakers can replicate Virginia's follow-up. Purdue has the biggest weapon in the sport -- reigning Player of the Year Zach Edey -- and a more experienced supporting cast that has all the chips on all the shoulders to come back better this season. The majority of the team's core is back in place this season, and with an offseason to process and improve upon a heartbreaking postseason loss, I'm betting Purdue finds a way to turn this into a feel-good story for the ages. -- Kyle Boone (also Matt Norlander)

Duke: Duke brings back four starters from a team that won the ACC title in Jon Scheyer's first season at the helm, and the program parlayed that success on the recruiting trail by bringing in the No. 2 overall class. Guard play still matters in March, and Tyrese Proctor, Jeremy Roach and Jared McCain are the three standouts at the position. The 2023-24 season is still the year of the big man, and it's hard to argue against Kyle Filipowski being the No. 2 overall player behind reigning National Player of the Year Zach Edey. The Blue Devils have a combination of experience and youth that makes the perfect recipe for a national title returning to Durham, North Carolina. -- Cameron Salerno

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Jon Scheyer has Duke positioned as a top-five team heading into the season. USATSI

Predicted Final Four teams

FAU: The biggest mistake some make while discussing FAU is insisting the Owls "just got hot in the NCAA Tournament to make the Final Four" rather than acknowledging that they were just really good all season. FAU went 35-4 while playing in a league with two other top-50 KenPom teams. The Owls won their conference by multiple games. They won the title game of their conference tournament by 22 points. They beat the Memphis team that beat Houston in the AAC Tournament, beat the Tennessee team that eliminated Duke from the NCAA Tournament and beat the Kansas State team that eliminated Kentucky and Michigan State from the NCAA Tournament. Now, all five starters are back from that incredibly accomplished team, which is why there's nothing crazy about suggesting Florida Atlantic really does have the coach and players to make back-to-back Final Fours even though the program had zero NCAA Tournament wins in history prior to its run last March. -- Parrish

Texas A&M: My Final Four picks are annually a package of teams that I intentionally choose to NOT all be ranked in the top 4/5/6 of my annual top 101 rankings. Keep in mind, with one exception (2007-08), the four Final Four teams were not ranked in the preseason top five. So, I'm looking for realistic picks that aren't obvious acros the board. I am the only one of the six here to pick A&M to go to Glendale. I like the Aggies' chances to win the SEC a year removed from finishing second with a 15-3 record and returning the fourth-highest percentage of minutes-getters in high-major basketball (Wisconsin, Purdue and Marquette, per BartTorvik.com). Look for junior lead guard Wade Taylor IV to emerge as one of the best backcourt scorers in the nation. One caveat here, though: My A&M pick was made before it was revealed that Julius Marble is currently away from the team for reasons that haven't been disclosed. His role is a major one to A&M's season-long viability, so we await more with that. (If Marble winds up not being on the team, I would tap Marquette as a sub here.) -- Norlander

Texas: You're seeing some love for second-year coach Jon Scheyer in our preseason Final Four picks, but let me give second-year Texas coach Rodney Terry -- who is in his first season as the full-time leader of the Longhorns -- some support. Texas was a No. 2 seed last season and made the Elite Eight, finishing fifth at KenPom in the process. That's a great year. The Longhorns brought on one of the best scorers in the country, Max Abmas from Oral Roberts, and could have an elite two-way guard in the Big 12 with junior Tyrese Hunter. Dillon Mitchell had a soft opening as a freshman; look for him to pop. Dylan Disu's all-around value is about to become a lot more realized, too. I don't think Texas will win the Big 12, but I do think it's going to rack up Quad 1 wins and put itself in position to be on the 2-, 3- or 4-seed line. A team with all of the pieces to win four in the Big Dance, no doubt. -- Norlander

Kentucky: Kentucky has not made it to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament since 2019. It has lost to Kansas State, Saint Peter's and also missed the tourney entirely since then. So, the momentum for UK under John Calipari isn't there right now. I get it. But talent still matters more than I think the casual fan would care to acknowledge, and Kentucky has it in spades. Even with a completely suspect frontcourt thanks to preseason injuries, the Wildcats have two potential stars in Justin Edwards and DJ Wagner — the core pieces of a top-five incoming recruiting class. With Antonio Reeves back, there's a nice blend of experience and elite youthful talent to help Calipari get things back on track in Lexington. -- Boone

UConn: Haters will point to the fact that going to back-to-back Final Fours is historically unlikely; the last team to do so was those mid-aughts Florida teams under Billy Donovan. The haters don't know Dan Hurley, though. UConn lost Adama Sanogo and Jordan Hawkins from its title-winning team, but the nucleus of Tristen Newton, Alex Karaban and Donovan Clingan are back combined with the arrival of potential one-and-done freshman Stephon Castle. This team will again have size, length and tremendous guard play — the recipe of a team that could, and I think will, be back in the Final Four this season. -- Boone

Michigan State: Michigan State's combination of returning production and young talent is the perfect mix in today's era. The Spartans can turn to veteran guards like Tyson Walker, A.J. Hoggard and Jaden Akins in clutch moments and for consistent production. As the veterans guide the ship, a trio of top-50 freshmen can acclimate to the college game and blossom into key roles in time to shine by March. Tom Izzo has guided the Spartans to 25 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including 15 Sweet 16s and eight Final Fours. This group has all the ingredients needed to add to his legacy. -- Cobb

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Tommy Lloyd has more wins in his first two seasons as a head coach (61) than any in men's D-I history. USATSI
Arizona: Arizona is 61-11 (32-8 Pac-12) and has earned a No. 1 seed and No. 2 seed for the NCAA Tournament over the past two seasons to begin coach Tommy Lloyd's tenure. The Wildcats have made early exits from the Big Dance under Lloyd, but this team can be different. Former North Carolina guard Caleb Love has been to a national title game, so has San Diego State transfer forward Keshad Johnson. Both should be starters and will combine with a solid returning core of Kylan Boswell, Pelle Larsson and Oumar Ballo to give Lloyd another lethal offensive team. If Ballo can shine as the centerpiece of the frontcourt, the Wildcats will dance from their home in Tucson to a Final Four appearance just up the road in Glendale. -- Cobb (also Norlander)

Marquette: Marquette was one of the pleasant surprises from last season. The Golden Eagles won the Big East regular season and tournament titles before earning a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament. They fell victim to Michigan State in the second round, but almost everyone is back to give it another go. This season, like last, they are led by reigning Big East Player of the year Tyler Kolek. Marquette went nine deep last year and Kolek is joined by seven other returning Golden Eagles from last season's rotation. The only player who left was Olivier-Maxence Prosper, who is now prospering (pun intended) in the NBA. The Big East figures to be highly competitive again this season, so a top seed in the NCAA Tournament may be too much to ask, but Shaka Smart's crew will be well prepared for a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. -- Palm

Creighton: Creighton was seconds away from reaching its first Final Four in program history before San Diego State's Darrion Trammell knocked down a free throw that sent the Bluejays packing. Creighton brings back the best trio in the Big East in Ryan Kalkbrenner, Baylor Scheierman and Trey Alexander, and it added Utah State transfer Steven Ashworth to replace former point guard Ryan Nembhard. The Big East will be a grind, and there are three teams -- UConn, Marquette and Creighton -- that all have a legit chance of reaching the final weekend of the season. This is the year the Bluejays get over the hump, largely because of their returning experience. -- Salerno (also Boone)

USC: The Trojans are ready to make a run. USC brings back star guard Boogie Ellis, who will be paired in the backcourt with Isaiah Collier, who is considered one of the top point guards from the 2023 recruiting cycle and the favorite to win Freshman of the Year. By season's end, we could be having a conversation about Ellis and Collier being the top backcourt in America because of how well they complement each other. The biggest storyline surrounding the Trojans program is the status of Bronny James, who suffered a scary heart-failure incident over the summer and has no timeline for a return. If USC can get James back in any capacity, he would be the perfect role player to pair with Collier and Ellis. USC was on the cusp of reaching the Final Four in 2021, and this is the season the program ends its 70-year drought. -- Salerno






 

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College basketball transfer portal: How top five players will impact new teams in 2023-24 season

There's a lot of weight on the shoulders of these star transfers in the 2023-24 college basketball season

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By Zachary Pereles

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This year, over 1,000 Division I men's basketball players entered the transfer portal, making for another hectic period in which the "offseason" was very much just a second season for coaches and players alike. The former sought to keep rosters intact or rebuild them while the latter looked for new homes. It's a trend that has left coaches exhausted, and in many cases, it's nearly impossible to follow who is going, who is leaving, who is in high demand and who should be avoided.
CBS Sports' Kyle Boone ranked the top 50 transfers, and from star bigs to sneaky guards, from small schools to big and vice versa, from surprising departures to expected adieus, it's been a wild ride. Here's how the top five players will immediately impact their new squads.

1. Hunter Dickinson (Michigan to Kansas)

Dickinson isn't perfect, but it's easy to see why he's first on these rankings: He just produces and produces and produces. Over the last 25 seasons, just four Big Ten players have averaged 18 points and nine rebounds while making at least 20 3-pointers in a season.
  • 2009-10 Evan Turner (AP Player of the Year, Naismith Award, Wooden Award, First-Team All-America, Big Ten Player of the Year)
  • 2016-17 Caleb Swanigan (First-Team All-America, Big Ten Player of the Year, Naismith Award finalist, Wooden Award finalist)
  • 2019-20 Luka Garza (First-Team All-America, Big Ten Player of the Year, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award, Naismith Award finalist, Wooden Award finalist)
  • 2022-23 Hunter Dickinson
The awards say Turner, Swanigan and Garza put together all-time great seasons. Dickinson's top honor last season was a second-team All-Big Ten nod after to a down year for Michigan. But Kansas seems like a program immune to down years, and now Dickinson will get the chance to be a top player on a top team.

Last season, Dickinson scored 286 points on post ups alone. That was fourth nationally, and two of the players ahead of him were Zach Edey and Drew Timme. There simply aren't a lot of guys who can do this:


If you're too small, he'll stuff you in the basket. If you're too slow, he has great footwork, a bevy of post moves and is comfortable over either shoulder. Even good defense often isn't good enough.

Dickinson is also a very good and willing passer for his size. His 73 assists in 2021-22 are fifth-most by a player 7 feet or taller over the last quarter-century. He makes very good reads with skip passes galore.

This makes his fit at Kansas fascinating. Dickinson alone had 287 post ups last year. Kansas as a team had 108. Just 3.8% of the Jayhawks' possessions ended in a post up, tied for 326th in the nation. It's safe to say the offense will look very different this season, but nothing Bill Self hasn't worked with before; he's had post up-heavy teams before with David McCormack, Udoka Azubuike, Dedric Lawson and plenty more before them. Offensively, Dickinson is the best and most versatile of the bunch.

2. Max Abmas (Oral Roberts to Texas)

It doesn't require a whole lot of video or statistical analysis to tell you Max Abmas gets buckets. Over the past two seasons, only Darius McGhee and Antoine Davis scored more points. Only McGhee, Davis and Jordan Walker have made more 3-pointers.

It's not just volume, though; Abmas is an extremely efficient shooter. His 1.286 points per possession on spot ups was in the 97th percentile last year. Playing alongside Tyrese Hunter, Abmas should get plenty of good looks and his past performance suggests he'll make them at an elite clip.


Abmas is also terrific in the open floor, a huge reason why he was so appealing to Texas and Texas was so appealing to him. The Longhorns were in the 95th percentile in points per transition possession last season, and Abmas is a menace in transition; his 189 points in transition last season were fifth in all of men's Division I. He has absolutely ridiculous range but also a willingness to attack the basket.


We'll see how Abmas adjusts to the length and athleticism of major-conference play and if he can improve as a defender, but there's no doubt he brings a scoring penchant few other players possess.

3. Kel'El Ware (Oregon to Indiana)

Ware is a complete mystery. The No. 7 player in the 2022 recruiting class, Ware averaged just 6.6 points in about 15 minutes per game for an NIT-bound Oregon squad. There were some impressive spurts -- 48 points and 25 rebounds in a three-game span against UConn, Michigan State and Villanova -- and some confounding lows, including a three-game mid-February stretch in which he played just 10 total minutes and didn't score a single point.

Ware's highlights ooze ridiculous potential. He hits fadeaway jumpers off post ups, dunks alley-oops and putbacks and defends the rim with vigor. His 8.9% block rate would have been in the top 30 nationally had he played enough minutes to qualify. But the last part of that sentence is key. He didn't even play in a key late-January game against Utah, and Dana Altman pointedly said after the game, "You have to earn your playing time," while guard Jermaine Couisnard said, "He doesn't understand how hard you have to play at this level."

Will a year of experience and a fresh start at a new school help? The Hoosiers are desperate for post play after the departures of Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson, and five-star freshman Mackenzie Mgbako was arrested in late October. There should be plenty of opportunities for Ware to capitalize. We'll see if he does.

4. LJ Cryer (Baylor to Houston)

This was one of my favorite transfers of the offseason. After losing Marcus Sasser (NBA) and Tramon Mark (transfer), the Cougars needed some backcourt scoring punch alongside Jamal Shead, and Cryer absolutely brings it.

Over the last two seasons, 136 players made at least 130 3-pointers. Only one had a higher 3-point field goal percentage than Cryer's 43.4%. He's extremely efficient and a proven producer against high-level competition. Last year, three of his seven 20-point games came against ranked teams, and he had a career-high 30 in his final game with the Bears, in the NCAA Tournament against Creighton. This all came despite him playing third fiddle to Keyontae George and Adam Flagler, two extremely talented scorers in their own right.

As for his specific fit with Houston, Cryer's shooting is what immediately stands out. The Cougars were a spot up-heavy team last year, and Cryer ranked in the 89th percentile in points per spot up possession. However, Cryer is also a truly elite shooter coming off screens, a shot Houston historically has taken at very low rates. Cryer and Shead should be one of the nation's best duos, and Cryer could emerge as a true go-to scorer.

5. Tramon Mark (Houston to Arkansas)

Eric Musselman has never been shy about using the transfer portal -- he added five transfers this offseason -- and Mark is his latest headliner. Mark announced his transfer intentions as he was going through the NBA Draft process before ultimately pulling out.

The NBA's loss should be Musselman's gain. Mark stands 6-5 and is a lockdown defender. Per Synergy Sports tracking, he allowed just 26.3% shooting as the primary defender, lowest out of 495 players with at least 250 possessions as primary defender last year.

Offense has been much more of a mixed bag for the lefty, but there have been some encouraging signs. His 3-point percentage has risen every year, and while it was only at 32.8% last season, it was a very solid 36.5% in conference play. He had 26 points in the Cougars' NCAA Tournament game against Auburn, using his size and length to overwhelm the Tigers' smaller backcourt.


Even with the 3-point progress, this is Mark at his best: attacking downhill and going up and over defenders.

It's important to note, too, that Mark will be in his second year back after shoulder surgery wiped out nearly all of his 2021-22 season. If his offensive game continues to come along, he'll be another player in the long line of successful transfers to Fayetteville.
 

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O 133.0
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U 144.0
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U 141.0
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O 140.0
+500 +500
DSU at PSU07:00 PMPSU -19.5
O 137.0
+500 +500
DEL at BUCK07:00 PMDEL -6.0
U 141.5
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IONA at COFC07:00 PMIONA +7.0
O 155.0
+500 +500
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O 146.5
+500 +500
MCNS at VCU07:00 PMVCU -10.5
U 145.5
+500 +500
NIAG at ND07:00 PMND -10.0
U 125.5
+500 +500
SIUE at DAY07:00 PMDAY -15.5
O 135.0
+500 +500
HC at SIE07:00 PMSIE -6.5
U 135.0
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CCSU at URI07:00 PMCCSU +10.5
O 134.0
+500 +500
LONG at SBON07:00 PMLONG +11.5
O 134.5
+500 +500
PRIN at RUTG07:00 PMPRIN +5.5
U 138.5
+500 +500
LAF at STJOE07:00 PMSTJOE -14.0
U 142.0
+500 +500
VMI at RICH07:00 PMVMI +17.5
O 147.5
+500 +500
RAD at UNC07:00 PMUNC -18.0
U 142.5
+500 +500
BRWN at COLG07:00 PMCOLG -6.5
U 149.0
+500 +500
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U 143.5
+500 +500
CHS at BGSU07:00 PMBGSU -7.5
U 146.0
+500 +500
ME at CHAR07:00 PMCHAR -7.5
U 136.5
+500 +500
CLMB at PROV07:00 PMPROV -18.5
U 143.5
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O 140.0
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O 156.5
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O 144.5
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U 146.5
+500 +500
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O 143.5
+500 +500
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U 135.5
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U 147.5
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O 138.5
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U 146.0
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O 159.0
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U 123.5
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O 135.5
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O 144.0
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O 139.5
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O 145.0
+500 +500
GSU at BEL07:30 PMBEL -7.5
U 147.0
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U 126.5
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O 130.0
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U 135.0
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U 132.0
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U 144.5
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U 143.5
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MW at UVM07:30 PMUVM -15.0
O 128.5
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IW at TEX08:00 PMTEX -31.5
U 142.5
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MRST at ARMY08:00 PMMRST -1.0
U 134.5
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L-MD at FLA08:00 PMFLA -24.5
O 143.0
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BU at NE08:00 PMNE -8.0
U 132.0
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U 142.5
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O 136.5
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U 131.0
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U 150.0
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U 142.0
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COPP at VT08:00 PMCOPP +28.0
O 139.0
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U 141.0
+500 +500
NCCU at KU08:00 PMKU -31.0
O 140.5
+500 +500
M-OH at EVAN08:00 PMM-OH -2.5
U 142.5
+500 +500
STONE at GW08:00 PMGW -10.5
U 143.0
+500 +500
EMU at BUT08:00 PMBUT -16.5
O 137.0
+500 +500
FIU at UCF08:00 PMUCF -10.0
U 138.0
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NMSU at UK08:00 PMUK -15.5
O 142.5
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MORE at ALA08:00 PMALA -21.5
U 145.0
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O 135.5
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O 142.0
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U 131.5
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U 127.5
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ALCN at ARK08:00 PMARK -26.0
U 141.5
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O 136.0
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ARST at WIS08:00 PMWIS -14.0
U 138.5
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JKST at MEM08:00 PMMEM -21.5
O 147.0
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ALST at MISS08:00 PMMISS -24.5
U 134.0
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WIU at UTSA08:00 PMUTSA -6.0
U 145.0
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ORU at UTA08:00 PMORU +1.5
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CARK at TLSA08:00 PMTLSA -12.5
O 147.5
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TAMCOM at TAM08:00 PMTAM -21.0
U 140.0
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O 140.5
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U 147.0
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O 156.5
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O 133.5
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U 152.5
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U 140.0
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O 143.0
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O 138.5
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U 142.5
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U 141.5
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U 154.0
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U 154.0
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O 141.0
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O 141.5
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O 154.5
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U 133.0
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U 151.0
+500 +500
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U 142.0
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U 146.0
+500 +500
SHSU at PAC10:00 PMPAC -1.0
U 139.5
+500 +500
SUU at CSB10:00 PMSUU +4.0
O 137.0
+500 +500
LT at CSU10:00 PMLT +10.0
O 140.0
+500 +500
LBSU at PORT10:30 PMLBSU -3.0
U 160.0
+500 +500
DEN at UCSD10:30 PMDEN +6.5
O 146.5
+500 +500
IDHO at WSU11:00 PMIDHO +21.0
O 136.5
+500 +500
CSN at STAN11:00 PMCSN +22.5
O 146.0
+500 +500
SFPA at UCLA11:30 PMUCLA -29.0
U 135.0
+500 +500
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O 135.5
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Tuesday’s 6-pack:
Six of the top baseball free agents this winter:
— Shohei Ohtani, DH
— Yoshinobu Yamamoto, P
— Blake Snell, P
— Cody Bellinger, OF/1B
— Aaron Nola, P
— Josh Hader, RP

Quote of the Day
“I think my reaction is the same as everyone in the organization and the fan base. We’re just shocked initially.”
Milwaukee P Corbin Burnes, after manager Craig Counsell bolted to the rival Cubs

Tuesday’s quiz
Chargers have played in one Super Bowl; who was their QB in that game?

Monday’s quiz
Nick Saban went 15-17 in two years coaching the Miami Dolphins, just before he became coach at Alabama.

Sunday’s quiz
Patrick Mahomes was the 10th pick in the 2017 NFL Draft; Mitchell Trubisky was the only QB picked ahead of him that year.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but……..

Chargers 27, Jets 6:
Chargers ran a punt back 87 yards for a TD, 1:25 into the game.
Chargers’ second offensive TD came on a 2-yard drive, after a turnover.
Under is 5-0-1 in last six Charger games.
Bolts are 6-3-3 ATS in last 11 games coming off a win.

Jets converted only 3-17 third down plays.
Jets are 5-10-1 ATS in last 16 games with spread of 3 or less points.
Jets still haven’t averaged more than 5.8 yards/pass attempt in any game.
Jets scored 22-31-20-13 points in wins, 10-10-20-6 in losses.

Jets have now won three of last four games, which is good, but in those four games:
they scored only 3 touchdowns on 48 drives.
they went 3/out 15 times on those 48 drives- their offense is dismal.

College basketball started Monday night……..
James Madison (+16) 79, Michigan State 76 OT
Dukes were a freakin’ 16-point underdog; a great win for them.
MSU shot 1-20 on the arc, 23-37 on foul line, and lost by 3.
JMU jumped out to a 25-12 lead, but trailed by 6 with 8:35 left in the game.

Princeton (+5.5) 68, Rutgers 61— Not often an Ivy League team beats a Big 14 team.

Wake Forest 101, Elon 78
Elon led 36-15 early on.
Deacons shot 74.4% inside the arc.

Abilene Christian (+10.5) 64, Oklahoma State 59
Visiting Wildcats shot 54% inside the arc, led by 18 with 13:25 left in game.

Bradley 73, UAB 71, OT
Visiting Braves led by 20 in first half.
UAB stormed back, led by 11 with 6:42 left in game.
Blazers were 3-19 on arc, 18-29 on foul line.

Belmont 89, Georgia State 87— This was a really good game between two good mid-majors, kind of a like a play-in game to the tournament in March.
Belmont was 17-22 on foul line, Georgia State 8-14.

— Bad Beat of the Night; Tex-San Antonio 78, Western Illinois 68, OT— Very tough beat if you had the Leathernecks, +5.5.

— Word of the Day: Shill— someone who gets paid to talk about or describe someone or something in a favorable way.

— Managerial changes in baseball:
Cubs hired Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell, gave him $8M a year.
Mets hired Bronx bench coach Carlos Mendoza as their new manager.
Cleveland Guardians hired Stephen Vogt as their new manager.

Vogt played 10 years in the big leagues; he played 70 games in the majors as recently as 2022. He was a bullpen coach in Seattle last year.

Mendoza managed in the minor leagues for two years, has been a big league coach since 2018.

Counsell had a 9-year regular season record of 707-625 with Milwaukee; he was 7-12 in the five years he led Milwaukee in the playoffs.

— Nine weeks into the season, the entire AFC North is over .500.

— So far this season, under has been a profitable play in the NFL:
since Week 3, under is 67-35-1
since Week 5, under is 47-23-1
prime-time games, under is 21-7

overall for the whole season, under is 82-52-1

— Ravens’ QB Lamar Jackson is leading the NFL in completion %age; last year, he finished 25th in that category. New offensive coordinator Todd Monken has worked wonders with the Ravens’ offense so far this season.

— Over their last four games, Buffalo Bills have a minus-6 turnover ratio; hard to win that way.

— ESPN”s Doc Rivers said this last week about the Dallas Mavericks, who have two stars on their team, Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving:

“They have to want to play together” which sounds simple, but it doesn’t happen all the time.

— Kudos to Arizona Wildcats football coach Jedd Fisch, who has his Wildcats at 6-3 and eligible to go bowling in December. From 2018-22, Arizona was 15-38, so this is a huge leap forward for the Wildcats.

— I’d like to thank the support staff at YouTubeTV; had a problem with the set-up on my TV last Friday, wound up on the phone for a half-hour with a support person in the Phillipines and he fixed the problem for me. Appreciate your help.
 

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MSM at MD07:00 PMMD -20.5
U 130.5
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ALBY at MASS07:00 PMMASS -9.0
U 147.5
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STON at SJU07:00 PMSJU -18.5
U 146.0
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LEM at GTWN07:00 PMLEM +20.5
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UNI at UNT08:00 PMUNT -4.0
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U 129.5
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Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Baylor 88, Auburn 82— Very high-level early season game.
North Texas 83, Northern Iowa 77 OT— Mean Green made 11-22 on the arc.
Fort Wayne 82, DePaul 74— Summit team beats a Big East squad.
St John’s 90, Stony Brook 74— Rick Pitino wins his Johnnies’ debut.
Indiana 69, Florida Gulf Coast 63— Surprisingly tough win for the Hoosiers.
— Rams signed QB Carson Wentz; he has 11 days until Rams play again.

Quote of the Day
“There has never been a better time to be a part of our athletic department and this program. My family and I are so proud to be at this university, and I am looking forward to many more seasons representing the most passionate fan base in the country. There’s no place like Kansas.”
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self; that’s what you say when you sign a $53M contract

Wednesday’s quiz
Where did Shaquille O’Neal play his college basketball?

Tuesday’s quiz
Chargers have played in one Super Bowl; Stan Humphries was their QB in that game.

Monday’s quiz
Nick Saban went 15-17 in two years coaching the Miami Dolphins, just before he became coach at Alabama.

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Wednesday’s Den: Early season NBA trends

NBA trends (thru Tuesday)

I’ll try to post this once a week like the NHL trends…….

Hawks (4-3):
— won four of their last five games.
— over 3-0 at home

Celtics (5-1):
— won five of first six games SU (3-2-1 ATS)
— over 5-1, 2-0 at home

Nets (3-4):
— covered six of seven games (5-1 ATS as an underdog).
— 3-1 SU at home, 0-3 SU on road.
— over 3-0 at home

Hornets (2-4):
— lost four of their last five games SU.
— 3-2 ATS as an underdog.
— last four games went over the total.

Bulls (3-5)
— lost three of their last four games.
— 2-6 ATS, 1-4 as a favorite.

Cavaliers (3-4):
— 1-3 SU at home, 2-1 on road.
— 1-3 ATS as a favorite.
— under 5-2

Mavericks (6-1):
— won six of first seven games.
— 3-1 ATS on the road.
— over 5-2

Nuggets (7-1):
—won/covered last three games.
— 4-1 ATS as home favorites
— under 3-0 on road, over 3-2 at home

Pistons (2-6):
— lost five of their last six games.
— 3-4 ATS as an underdog.
— over 5-1 last six games

Warriors (6-2):
— won six of last seven games SU
— 2-4 ATS as a favorite
— under 5-3

Rockets (3-3):
— won/covered last three games.
— 3-1 ATS at home, 0-2 on road.

Pacers (4-3):
— 3-2 ATS as a favorite.
— over 6-1

Clippers (3-3):
— 3-1 ATS in LA, 0-2 ATS on road.
— over 3-2-1

Lakers (3-4):
— 3-0 SU at home, 0-4 SU on road.
— 2-5 ATS, 1-3 as a favorite.
— under 5-2

Grizzlies (1-6):
— lost six of first seven games SU.
— 1-4 ATS as a favorite.
— over 3-1 last four games

Heat (3-4):
— 0-5 ATS in last five games.
— 0-4 ATS as a home favorite.
— under 3-1 at home

Bucks (4-2):
— 0-5-1 ATS this season, all as a favorite.
— over 3-1 last four games.

Timberwolves (4-2)
— won/covered last three games
— 4-0 ATS at home, 0-2 on road.
— under 3-1 at home

Pelicans (4-3):
— all three losses were by 18+ points
— 2-2 SU/ATS at home, 2-1 on road.

Knicks (3-4):
— covered three of last four games
— 4-2-1 ATS this season
— 2-1 ATS as a favorite, 2-1-1 as an underdog
— under 5-0 last five games

Thunder (4-3):
— covered five of seven games.
— 2-1 ATS as a favorite, 3-1 as an underdog.
— three of last four games went over total.

Magic (4-3):
— 2-1 ATS at home, 3-1 on road.
— under 5-1-1

76ers (5-1):
— won last five games SU, covered all six.
— 5-0 ATS as a favorite, 1-0 as an underdog.
— over 4-2

Suns (3-4):
— lost three of last four games
— 1-2 ATS at home, 3-1 on road.
— over 4-1 last five games

Trailblazers (3-4):
— won/covered three of last four games
— under 3-1 last four games
— have been an underdog in every game

Kings (2-4):
— lost four of last five games
— under 3-2 last five games

Spurs (3-4):
— favorites are 3-0 ATS in their home games.
— 2-4 ATS as an underdog.
— over 6-1

Raptors (3-4):
— 2-1 ATS as a favorite, 2-2 as an underdog.
— under 5-2

Jazz (2-6):
— lost last three games, by 2-28-17 points.
— 1-3 ATS on the road
— over 4-0 at home

Wizards (1-5):
— lost last four games (2-2 ATS).
— over 5-1
 

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