It’s starting to look like Connecticut has once again gone to another level. Dan Hurley’s team did this a season ago, going 15-2 down the stretch and brutalizing one opponent after another on its way to the national title. They’ve won 14 straight and haven’t been scratched in February, winning their past seven games by an average of 23 points.
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The first matchup between these teams wasn’t close, as Xavier earned a 20-point win three days after Seton Hall upset Connecticut. The Pirates should be more focused this time around, but if they can’t start making shots again, it might not matter.
Miami usually neither gets blown out nor blows teams out. The Hurricanes have seen nine of their past 11 games decided by single digits, and that’s meant 10 straight games have held a single-digit line.
The top five of the AP top 25 rankings have remained the same from last week, but there could be some turbulence for those teams this week.
Salt Lake City hasn’t exactly been a kind place for Arizona over the years. Not only is this the site of one of the Wildcats’ two losses as a No. 2 to a No. 15 seed (1993 to Santa Clara), but the Wildcats have dropped three of four to Utah in their standard visits to the Huntsman Center.
The top five of the AP top 25 rankings have remained the same from last week, but there could be some turbulence for those teams this week.
Sixth-ranked Wisconsin is headed to Lincoln to take on an underrated Nebraska squad. They have had an up-and-down path through conference play, going 5-5 thus far. Wisconsin, on the other hand, is 8-1 in conference and 16-4 overall.
When Connecticut wants to be, it’s one of the most frightening opponents in the nation. When the Huskies aren’t on, they’ve allowed teams to hang around with them for far longer than they should.