Full credit to USC’s Andy Enfield and Kansas State’s Jerome Tang for being relaxed and assured sufficient to agenda an actual recreation at the opening day of the school basketball season. Without them, we might’ve had precisely 0 contests that includes a ranked crew and some extent unfold not up to 15.5 on Monday.
Yes, one of them was once assured to begin 0-1.
That’s by no means superb for a projected NCAA Tournament crew. But I nonetheless favored each males being keen to legitimately check their squads from the bounce and supply a fascinating tv product that is excellent for the game at the season’s first evening as a result of so few different coaches appear keen to do it, for no matter explanation why.
Final ranking: USC 82, Kansas State 69.
The Trojans were given 24 issues, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals from Boogie Ellis, who was once my private select in the preseason to be the Pac-12 Player of the Year. The 6-foot-3 super-senior took 14 photographs and made part of them. His backcourt mate, five-star freshman Isaiah Collier, added 18 issues and 6 assists whilst the Trojans cruised to a 13-point victory after main by way of as many as 19 in the second one part.
“I thought Boogie and Isaiah really controlled the tempo in the first half,” Enfield stated. “Isaiah got downhill and was able to get to the rim, made some great passes. … I was proud of the six assists and 7 of 9 from the field. Very efficient.”
With the win, the Trojans are up to No. 11 in Tuesday morning’s up to date CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 day-to-day school basketball ratings, essentially as a result of Michigan State took a humbling loss Monday after opening the season at No. 5. The Spartans have been disenchanted by way of James Madison on the Breslin Center regardless of final as 16.5-point favorites. The ultimate ranking was once 79-76, in additional time. The greatest factor was once that Michigan State overlooked 19 of the 20 3-pointers it tried.
(*25*) stated Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame trainer Tom Izzo.
Several years in the past, I established an automated 10-spot-drop punishment for any ranked crew that takes a head-scratching loss in November as a result of should you get started rating faculties according to not anything however resumes this early you’ll be able to’t have one that is 0-1 with a loss to James Madison ranked in any respect, and particularly no longer ranked forward of James Madison. Most would agree, and I unquestionably discovered some time again, that being that stringent ends up in goofy ratings. So somewhat than drop Michigan State the entire method out after what’s going to most likely turn out to be only one fluky loss, I’ve as a substitute hit the Spartans with an automated 10-spot drop that driven them all the way down to No. 15. That’s the punishment for a first questionable loss at house however a 2nd would clearly result in Michigan State’s removing from the Top 25 And 1, equipped Izzo’s crew does not have sufficient high quality wins to lend a hand offset it when or if it arrives.
Top 25 And 1 ratings
Biggest Movers
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Marquette
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Michigan St.
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