estimating the AP ranking for college basketball following the upsets of the Top 25
Auburn, AlabamaJasper Johnson, a 6-4 combo guard rated by 247Sports as the nation’s No. 10 player in the 2025 class, paid Auburn on official visit this past weekend as the Tigers faced the Kentucky Wildcats in one of the greatest college basketball matchups. Although the home team’s performance in the game wasn’t great, Johnson stated he saw enough from Auburn to place the Tigers right at the top of his list as he gets ready to make a choice sometime in the summer of 2019.
Johnson exclaimed, “It was amazing.” “Everyone told me that this atmosphere is among the craziest I’ve ever seen.” I can see how the audience genuinely got into it and cheered for their side. I am aware that they lost, yetOhio State defeated second-ranked Purdue 73-69 on Sunday, shocking the college basketball world and setting up a wild ride for interim coach Jake Diebler that will undoubtedly upset the AP Top 25 standings on Monday. In front of a full home crowd, Ohio State responded to the midweek termination of veteran coach Chris Holtmann by winning its finest game of the season. Jamison Battle’s jumper in the closing seconds gave Ohio State the lead for good.
Following their road victory over Auburn and the end of the Tigers’ 16-game home winning streak, Kentucky threw a spanner in the SEC title equation on Saturday. For John Calipari’s club, it was much-needed after the Wildcats had been struggling lately. That’s a portion of the widespread volatility anticipated in the SEC-related AP Poll, particularly
