Mid-Week College Hoops Slate: Jan 7th-8th

A STACKED slate of games Tuesday and Wednesday. PLUS: A team rankings update.

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Tuesday & Wednesday’s Slate:

A stacked schedule on Tuesday and Wednesday, here are some of the biggest and best games to keep your eye on, along with my predictions:

Tuesday:

• (1)Tennessee at (8)Florida (Tennessee -0.7, 53% win probability)

• (6)Kentucky at Georgia (Georgia -0.5, 52% win prob)

• (24)Michigan at (22)UCLA (UCLA -0.6, 52% win prob)

• Arizona at (21)West Virginia (WVU -0.5, 52% win prob)

Wednesday

• (10)Texas A&M at (17)Oklahoma (TAMU -0.5, 52% win prob)

• (23)Ole Miss at Arkansas (Arkansas -1.5, 55% win prob)

• (15)Oregon at Ohio State (Ohio State -0.5, 52% win prob)

*AP ranking in parentheses

Update College Basketball Elo Ratings

Some shuffling around since we checked in before last weekend, also tweaked the Elo calculation slightly, so a bit more movement than we typically see (likely no calculation adjustments in the future, just a one time thing which should improve accuracy).

Biggest Risers*

• Elon

• Radford

• South Alabama

• Central Connecticut

Honorable mention:

• Ole Miss (+10 - up to 22nd)

Biggest Fallers*

• Massachusetts

• Charlotte

• Towson

• Stephen F. Austin

Honorable mention:

• Arizona (-10 - down to 25th)

*Since the January 3rd

Keep up with the rankings and game predictions here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/beyondthescoresports/p/college-basketball-ratings-and-predictions?r=3gmk5i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web