Oooh. Ahhhh. What else to say about the statistical fireworks show that men’s college basketball put on over the weekend? Many of them served as reminders of how — two months from Selection Sunday — this season’s themes are starting to come into focus.
So really, could anyone expect…
Yeah, Cooper Flagg’s legend is growing at Duke, but 42 points in one game — the most ever by a freshman in ACC history?
Since Flagg turned 18 in late December, he’s been averaging 24.4 points per game and shooting 63 percent from the field. He has done that damage and not taken more than 14 shots in each game, while anchoring one of the best defenses in America. Not an ounce of his pre-season hype so far has gone unfulfilled. Meanwhile, the 14-2 Blue Devils keep counting on the freshman kids and haven’t lost a game since before Thanksgiving.
Louisville getting its sixth victory in a row to go 5-1 in the ACC and make a reasonable argument that it is Duke’s main conference threat?
That would have been hard to predict. The Cardinals were 5-35 in the ACC the past two years.
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Houston going into Kansas State — or anywhere in the Big 12 where the road is so perilous — and winning by 30?
This is what happens when the No. 10 Cougars can match good shooting with their deadly defense. Scary, huh? “Whatever they’re ranked,” Kansas State coach Jerome Tang said, “it’s way too low.”
Kansas showing up in Cincinnati and winning 54-40, the fewest points the Jayhawks had allowed on the road since 1963?
Apparently Kansas intends to reassert itself with defense, giving up 48, 55 and 40 points in its past three games. The 88 total points allowed in consecutive road matchups are the fewest for the Jayhawks since 1951.
The nation’s longest winning streak living in Ames, Iowa?
Yep, Iowa State at 11 in a row, and ranked No. 2 in the AP poll for the first time in school history. The Cyclones hadn’t even been as high as last week’s No. 3 since 1956-57. Here’s another unusual number: guard Curtis Jones is the leading scorer with a 17.3 average and has topped 20 points six times this season. He comes off the bench.
A PACKED SATURDAY SLATE: Cooper Flagg drops record 42 points in Duke win, No. 3 Iowa State escapes
Michigan is 5-0 in the Big Ten, a year after going 3-17?
The Wolverines are thriving after their first swing through USC and UCLA, beating them by 11 and 19 points respectively, and then coming home…
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