Moving into the second month of the college basketball season sees only 15 teams left unbeaten and 9 remaining winless. The ACC leads with four unbeaten squads (Duke, UNC, Clemson and Miami). Miami is a big surpirse, but only time will tell if they end to be this years version of Clemson who started off 17-0 last year and then folded down the stretch. The Big East has three (Pitt, Georgetown and St. Johns). Not surprising with the first two. Jamie Dixon never loses a game in November. The surprise is St. Johns. Albeit some favorable scheduling maybe the reason. The Big 12, Pac 10, and SEC had two teams each. Cal is off to a good start and if they stay helathy could make a run at UCLA in the Pac 10. The surpirse in the SEC is that it is Vandy and Ole Miss who are undefeated while Florida and Kentucky had absorbed multiple losses.
Butler continues their magical run from last year as they have rolled to 7-0 after knocking off Ohio State. The biggest shock is that no team in ther Big Ten is undefeated. It could have been the fact that they went 3-8 against the ACC for the second straight year.
On the winless side four teams with tradition have yet to find the left side of the ledger. Ball State, Delaware, Canisius and Furman have combined for 22 losses without a win.
The biggest question is what will happen first. The last undefeated team loses or the last winless team gets a victory. My money is on the undefeateds. I will keep you posted….
