College basketball rankings: Houston holds firm in Top 25 And 1 after dramatic win in season finale

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Houston extended its winning streak to 11 games Sunday with a 67-65 win at Memphis thanks to a Jamal Shead buzzer-beating jumper from just inside the 3-point line.

Did he push off to create space?

Yes, it appears Shead did. But the truth is that officials rarely make that call under those circumstances. So it was unsurprising that no referee blew his whistle in the final seconds, allowing Shead to have a great moment that pushed the Cougars to 29-2 and kept them No. 1 in Monday morning’s updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings.

“God willing, I was able to make that shot,” Shead said.

The two-point victory in the regular-season finale moved Houston to 13-1 in the first two quadrants with five of those wins coming in Quadrant 1. Combine that with the fact that the Cougars are No. 1 in the NET, No. 1 at KenPom.com and No. 1 in basically every other relevant computer, and it’s safe to assume Kelvin Sampson’s program is more or less guaranteed to get a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament when the bracket is unveiled in six days on CBS.

Who wil be the other three No. 1 seeds?

Ultimately, I think it’ll be UCLA, Kansas and either Alabama or Purdue — and I would lean Alabama over Purdue right now, which is reflected in the Top 25 And 1. Simply put, those five schools — Houston, UCLA, Kansas, Alabama and Purdue — have kind of separated from the pack in a way that’s going to make it difficult for anybody not in that group to get anything better than a No. 2 seed on Selection Sunday.

Top 25 And 1 rankings

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Author : Gary Parrish

Publish date : 2023-03-06 15:44:34

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