Final Night time in School Basketball: Is Michigan Clearly the No. 1 Crew within the Nation?

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No. 16 North Carolina and No. 11 Michigan State will meet up within the Fort Myers tip-off on Thursday (4:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports activities app). The matchup pits two of the sport's prime applications and a pair of undefeated groups in one of many two video games that includes two ranked groups on the boys's facet on Thursday. No. 4 Duke and No. 22 Arkansas, in the meantime, will meet in Chicago in a while Thursday.

Within the girls's sport, there might be a top-four matchup to find out the champion on the Gamers Period Pageant. The boys's title sport occurred on Wednesday, and you can say it was a little bit of a decisive victory.

So, earlier than we dive into one other full day of hoops, let's take a more in-depth take a look at Wednesday's motion.

Michigan completes historic domination at Gamers Period Three days, three video games and three blowout victories. That is how the Gamers Period went for No. 7 Michigan, who gained the competition on Wednesday by dominating No. 12 Gonzaga, 101-61. The victory got here a day after Michigan defeated No. 21 Auburn, 102-72, and two days after it defeated San Diego State, 94-54.

Wednesday's win marked the primary time ever {that a} crew defeated a ranked opponent by no less than 30 factors in back-to-back video games in males's Division I historical past. It was additionally probably the most lopsided lack of Gonzaga coach Mark Few's profession, and the biggest victory for Michigan over a ranked opponent in program historical past.

With the win on Wednesday, Michigan grew to become the brand new No. 1 crew on KenPom. It's going to nearly definitely climb up the ranks when Monday's AP Ballot drops, however we'll see if it did sufficient to maneuver Purdue out of the highest spot.

As for the precise sport, senior ahead Yaxel Lendeborg added to his case to be thought of as probably the most impactful switch from this previous offseason. He scored 20 factors to go together with 11 rebounds on Wednesday.

USC wins Maui Invitational Whereas one Huge Ten crew dominated the Gamers Period Pageant, one other gained one other prime midseason match. USC took down Arizona State, 88-75, to win the Maui Invitational on Wednesday.

Chad Baker-Mazara led the best way for the Trojans with 23 factors as he really gained the match for the second straight yr. Baker-Mazara helped Auburn win the Maui Invitational final season earlier than transferring to USC over the offseason. He is made an incredible affect at USC to date, scoring 20.3 factors per sport.

Kansas will get off the schneid After a comparatively underwhelming opening couple of weeks for Kansas, the Jayhawks might need gotten again on monitor on the Gamers Period Pageant. Kansas defeated No. 17 Tennessee 81-76 on Wednesday, finishing an ideal week for Kansas. It was guard Melvin Council Jr.'s flip to step on Wednesday within the absence of star freshman Drew Peterson, scoring 17 factors within the victory.

The win marks Kansas' first ranked victory of the yr after shedding to North Carolina and Duke earlier in November. It defeated Notre Dame and Syracuse earlier within the week at Gamers Period, however these victories weren't by a big sufficient margin for Kansas to play within the match's title sport.

Auburn handles St. John's As Kansas was in a position to get its first ranked win of the season on Wednesday, St. John's dropped to 0-3 in opposition to ranked foes. It misplaced to Auburn, 85-74, on the Gamers Period. St. John's really carried a nine-point lead into halftime earlier than guard Tahaad Pettiford went off, scoring 27 factors in Wednesday's victory.

Texas outlasts UCLA in top-four matchup Within the girls's sport, Texas emerged victorious within the matchup of the day. The fourth-ranked Longhorns took down No. 3 UCLA, 76-65, to advance to the Gamers Period title sport on the ladies's facet. Senior guard Rori Harmon scored 26 factors within the win, whereas Texas slowed down UCLA star Lauren Betts, who solely scored eight factors.

As for who Texas will face within the Gamers Period title sport, No. 2 South Carolina was in full management in its 83-66 win over Duke. Ahead Joyce Edwards and middle Madina Okot led the best way for the Gamecocks there, scoring 22 and 23 factors, respectively.

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