The 2024-25 season isn’t even two weeks old. But in men’s college basketball, we’re often quick to analyze teams, players and coaches based on limited results. It’s already happening.
North Florida looks like a scary Cinderella candidate after wins over South Carolina and Georgia Tech last week. Get your brackets ready. Cooper Flagg? He’s incredible. But a group of detractors have already used one rocky stretch against him. In a loss to Baylor, John Calipari’s Arkansas squad, shooting 25% from beyond the arc, looked like the Kentucky teams that grappled with late-game executions in Calipari’s final seasons there.
And No. 1 Kansas might not be No. 1? Why couldn’t Alabama score for nine-plus minutes against McNeese? Does Houston…
