College basketball rankings: Villanova, St. John’s fall from Top 25 And 1 as Big East teams struggle

It used to be a coarse Monday for the Big East — outside and inside of the Gavitt Tipoff Games. Xavier fell to Purdue, 83-71. No disgrace there. But Villanova and St. John’s additionally misplaced (as favorites) — the Wildcats to Penn, 76-72, and the Red Storm to Michigan, 89-73. Those effects brought about Villanova and St. John’s to be got rid of from Tuesday morning’s up to date CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 day-to-day faculty basketball scores.

They’ve been changed via Colorado and Virginia.

Kansas stays No. 1.

Numerous consideration has been paid to what Kenny Payne has done to Louisville’s program since taking on prematurely of closing season, nevertheless it must be famous that issues don’t seem to be going too smartly for Kyle Neptune at Villanova both. To be transparent, the location at Louisville is manner worse and more likely to finish following this season, if no longer faster, in response to how Payne guided the Cardinals to an embarrassing 4-28 report in Year 1 and is now 1-1 in Year 2 with an 81-71 loss at house to Chattanooga. After completing an not possible 290th at KenPom.com closing season, the Cardinals have already dropped from 109th to 179th on this season this is nonetheless simplest 8 days outdated.

So, once more, the location at Louisville is manner worse.

Don’t get it twisted.

But Neptune did pass over the 2023 NCAA Tournament in Year 1 after being ranked sixteenth within the preseason Associated Press Top 25 ballot, and now he is suffered what used to be simplest Villanova’s 2d loss in its previous 20 video games in opposition to Penn. 

Can issues be grew to become round?

Of route.

It’s imaginable we will glance up in a couple of years and say that although Neptune’s time at Villanova were given off to an asymmetric get started, he in the end settled into the process and returned the Wildcats to a spot the place they are yearly regarded as Big East favorites, or no less than contenders. I would not rule that out. But there is not any getting round the truth that Neptune misplaced to a sub-100 KenPom staff (Temple) within the first week closing season, and now he is misplaced to every other sub-100 KenPom staff (Penn) in the second one week this season. For some context, believe that Neptune’s predecessor, Jay Wright, simplest misplaced to sub-100 KenPom teams two times in his ultimate 321 video games as Villanova’s trainer. Again, Neptune has already accomplished it two times.

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Top 25 And 1 scores

IN: Colorado, Virginia
OUT: Villanova, St. John’s