Men's conference reset: Which preseason favorites have lost that title as league play gets going?
would be too overwhelming for teams to handle, but chemistry issues have hampered the team and Emoni Bates hasn’t played like the AAC Player of the Year candidate I expected. And while Houston just lost star guard Marcus Sasser for the season with a toe injury, I still trust the Cougars more than any other team in the league.
The two things you can always count on with Kelvin Sampson’s Houston teams are defense and rebounding. Even without Sasser and Tramon Mark , the Cougars have by far the highest floor in the conference because of how aggressive they are on the offensive glass and how difficult they make it to score on them on the other end.
Wendell Moore Jr.’s emergence in the backcourt has been the biggest reason the Blue Devils have been better than expected. The junior, who disappointed in his first two seasons in Durham, should be in the All-American mix in 2021–22. He’s one of just three players in the nation averaging at least 17 points, five rebounds and five assists per game, and he has served as a reliable second scorer for the Blue Devils next to Paolo Banchero.
And while Duke has impressed, the rest of the ACC hasn’t. North Carolina has been maddeningly inconsistent, particularly on the defensive end. Virginia and Florida State have less talent than we’re accustomed to. Louisville hasn’t had the bounce-back year some in Cardinal country had been hoping for. It’s Duke, then everyone else in the ACC right now.Texas is starting to figure things out, but it still doesn’t look like the overwhelmingly talented team it did on paper in the preseason.
Meanwhile, multiple Big East teams have exceeded expectations. We knew Seton Hall would be good on defense, but the Pirates’ offense has been good enough to make this a top-20 team. Adama Sanogo made the jump UConn fans were hoping for, which gives the Huskies a real chance. Xavier might have the most raw talent in the league. And then there’s Providence, which doesn’t have overwhelming talent but just keeps finding ways to win and arguably has the best résumé in the sport.
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