College Basketball

Week 8 Recap

Dec 20 - 25. The week's biggest results, played back. Ranks are NovaModel's going into the week.

College Basketball

Week 8

Dec 20 - 25 · the week in review

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Every game in the reel

  1. Upset#67 Ohio State 85, #5 Kentucky 65
  2. Upset#54 North Carolina 76, #16 UCLA 74
  3. Upset#297 Duquesne 70, #24 UC Irvine 54
  4. #1 in action#1 Auburn 87, #25 Purdue 69
  5. Top-25 clash#19 Mississippi State 79, #8 Memphis 66
  6. Thriller#11 Marquette 72, #88 Xavier 70
  7. Thriller#22 St. John's 72, #91 Providence 70

How games are picked

Every game is judged by NovaModel's rankings from before it was played, so nothing is graded with hindsight. A game makes the reel when a top-25 team loses to a team ranked well below it (an upset), when both teams are in the top 25, when the #1 team plays, or when a top-25 team's game is decided by three points or fewer. The biggest upsets come first. No betting lines or win probabilities are used.