Here at the ICT Zone our rankings are molded after Ric Flair's famous quote, "to be the man, you gotta beat the man." The week's ranking are based solely on the week's results so if a lower ranked team defeats a higher ranked team, the two teams automatically swap rankings.
Another week, another new top dawg in the country. SMU is now the best team in the country after defeating Evansville by two points. Who knows where things we end up by the end of the season. The other changes were Baylor to 18, Florida to 19, and Georgetown to 23. Next week will promises to be full of upsets.
This week saw the majority of teams taking part in mini tournaments all over the continent. It will be interesting to see how tournament results continue to shake up the top 25. For now, there are a few things knocking on the top 25 that could lock up a top 25 spot for their conference by the time conference season roles around.
The last 24 hours in football have been a whirlwind of outcry, complaints, memes, jokes, vibes, and protests about the state of the sport in the aftermath of the announcement of the European Super League. Unfortunately, at the root of this movement is a whole lot of misinformation that make the league seem far worse than it actually is.
Remember the saying, Defense Wins Championships. It's a cliche for a reason. Over the last ten years, every team that has won the Larry O'Brien Trophy has ranked near the top 5 in net defensive rating. While it has improved over the course of the season, the Brooklyn Nets rank 24th with a rating of 113. In contrast, the 76ers...
The last few decades of women's college basketball were synonymous with the dominance the top programs showed. It was not uncommon to see the four #1 seeds make the final four. But we are headed for a new era that is going to flip the script altogether. A new era of parity, an era where the talent is spread evenly across the country. ...
