CBSSports.com Daily Sports Update
The schools ranked second, third, fifth, sixth and eighth in Saturday"s Top 25 (and one) all lost in the past 24 hours. It was one of the wildest days I can remember.
Meantime, Gonzaga won again.
The Zags improved to 24-0 with a 90-55 victory over Santa Clara. And you could argue their resume also got a boost thanks to Iowa State"s surprising win at Kansas because that means Gonzaga now has a victory over the team that snapped KU"s 54-game home winning streak, which means Gonzaga now has wins over Arizona, Florida and Saint Mary"s - plus a win over the Iowa State team that won at Kansas, the Tennessee team that beat Kentucky and the BYU team that beat the Colorado team that has victories over Oregon and Xavier.
My point?
There is real substance to Gonzaga"s perfect record despite what some skeptics insist. It doesn"t guarantee the Zags will ultimately make their first Four Final, of course; single elimination tournaments are weird. But it does suggest a 33-0 record on Selection Sunday will make them the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
The Zags, needless to say, remain No. 1 in the Top 25 (and one). And, please, let me take a moment to apologize to SMU fans. Iowa State"s win at Kansas improved Iowa State"s resume to the point where I think the Cyclones have to be ranked. They now have five top-50 KenPom wins and just two sub-35 losses. But I couldn"t add them without removing somebody, and that"s why SMU got bumped from 26th. The Mustangs did nothing to deserve it. If this were the Top 25 (and two), they"d still be listed. So take solace in that, if you can. It"s just that SMU has similar losses but nowhere close to the kind of wins that Iowa State now owns.
The complete Top 25 (and one) is below.
Source: http://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-rankings-kentucky-kansas-arizona-slip-in-top-25-and-1/
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