March is gonna be wild

[New York Knight]

Including 6 today, there were 48 wins by unranked teams over AP Top 25 opponents in February this year.

That's the most wins by unranked teams vs. ranked opponents in a single month since February 2007 (also 48)

The last time there were more in a month was in January 2002 (53)

[New York Knight]

Dogs went 10-3-1 ATS in games involving ranked teams on Saturday with 8 outright upsets

[New York Knight]

Changes coming ... New Top 25 drops at Noon


#2 Baylor, #6 Florida St, #9 Maryland, #10 Creighton, #11 Louisville, #12 'Nova, #15 Auburn, #16 Penn St and #18 Iowa all lost.

#7 Duke, #19 Michigan, #20 WVU, #21 Colorado and #22 Texas Tech lost twice.

[New York Knight]

AP Top 25
Week 18


1. Kansas (26-3)
2. Gonzaga (29-2)
3. Dayton (27-2)
4. Baylor (25-3)
5. San Diego State (28-1)
6. Kentucky (24-5)
7. Florida State (24-5)
8. Seton Hall (21-7)
9. Maryland (23-6)
10. Louisville (24-6)
11. Creighton (22-7)
12. Duke (23-6)
13. Oregon (22-7)
14. Villanova (22-7)
15. BYU (24-7)
16. Michigan State (20-9)
17. Auburn (24-5)
18. Iowa (20-9)
19. Ohio State (20-9)
20. Penn State (21-8)
21. Houston (22-7)
22. Virginia (21-7)
23. Illinois (20-9)
24. Wisconsin (19-10)
25. Michigan (18-11)


Others receiving votes:

Butler 68, UCLA 54, Stephen F. Austin 47, East Tennessee State 31, West Virginia 22, Providence 17, Colorado 13, Marquette 12, Arizona 9, Texas Tech 9, Northern Iowa 4, Oklahoma 4, Stanford 4, Arizona State 4, Wichita State 2, Saint Mary's 2, LSU 2, New Mexico State 2, USC 1, Belmont 1, Vermont 1

[New York Knight]

Sam Merrill ... straight killer


His three hands SDSU their second loss of the year and secures the Aggies a postseason birth Lock

Utah State was +250 to win the Mountain West Conference Trophy

[New York Knight]

Sam Merrill in the Mountain West tourney the last 2 years for Utah State

23 pts - W
22 pts - W
24 pts - W
29 pts - W
27 pts - W
27 pts - W

He's the only Division I player in the last 20 years to have 20+ points in 6 straight conference tourney games while winning them all.