Baylor beats No. 1 Florida in overtime, Duke tops KenPom, and a Louisville judge restores a fifth year
Baylor knocks off No. 1 Florida in overtime, Maryland and St. John's win marathons of their own, the KenPom and ESPN women's boards arrive in full, and a Louisville judge restores a fifth year to four athletes.
The exhibition season's first full week of games produced its first result against a No. 1.
Baylor beat Florida 82-76 in overtime in Jacksonville on Sunday, against the team ESPN's preseason board put first. 1
Kayden Mingo, a sophomore transfer from Penn State, scored 31 points, nine of them in overtime, and Baylor's bench outscored Florida's 33-3. 1
Sunday also brought Maryland back from 19 points down in an overtime win over West Virginia, and St. John's through four overtimes against Rutgers at Madison Square Garden. 23
The week's results
| Date | Game, venue | Score | What stood out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 13 | Syracuse at UConn, Mohegan Sun Arena | UConn 72-52 | Na'jai Hines 17 points and 8 rebounds; Syracuse shot 30.6 percent 4 |
| Oct. 14 | UCF at LSU, Pete Maravich Assembly Center | LSU 85-81 | Six available Tigers; four points in the final eight seconds 5 |
| Oct. 16 | Oregon State at Michigan, Crisler Center | Michigan 98-93 | Elliot Cadeau scored 26 of his 27 after halftime 6 |
| Oct. 16 | Pittsburg State at Kansas, Allen Fieldhouse | Kansas 80-62 | Tyran Stokes and Christian Reeves 14 points each at Late Night in the Phog 7 |
| Oct. 18 | Rutgers vs. St. John's, Madison Square Garden | St. John's 104-99, 4OT | 11,041 in the building; St. John's erased a 20-point deficit 3 |
| Oct. 18 | West Virginia at Maryland, XFINITY Center | Maryland 90-81, OT | Terps trailed by 19; Andre Mills 27 points 2 |
| Oct. 18 | North Carolina vs. Indiana, Gainbridge Fieldhouse | Indiana 76-58 | Bryce Lindsay 26 points; Indiana 53-31 on the glass 8 |
| Oct. 18 | Baylor vs. Florida, VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Baylor 82-76, OT | Kayden Mingo 31 points, nine in overtime 1 |
| Oct. 18 | Washington State at New Mexico | New Mexico 92-64 | Jake Hall 22 points in the Lobos' home preseason debut 9 |
What the games showed
Florida led 22-14 before Baylor closed the half to 28-25, then held the Gators to 14 percent from three for the game. 1
Denzel Aberdeen tied it at 68 with 0.8 seconds left in regulation. Baylor then made nine of ten free throws in overtime and outscored Florida 14-8 there. 1 Sixty-one of Baylor's 82 points came from newcomers. 1
Michigan won by five against Oregon State while being out-rebounded 37-29 and shooting 25.8 percent from three. 6 The difference was turnovers: 31 points off Oregon State's 17 giveaways, against nine for the Beavers. 6
Cadeau finished with eight assists, and Moustapha Thiam added 19 points and 10 rebounds in front of 10,091 at Crisler Center. 6
Indiana's 76-58 win over North Carolina was decided on the boards. The Hoosiers out-rebounded Carolina 53-31, took 20 offensive rebounds and scored 17 second-chance points. 8
Neither team reached 40 percent shooting, and Carolina made seven of 22 three-pointers. 8 Tar Heel center Sayon Keita had 12 points, nine rebounds and five blocks. 8 Guard Isaiah Denis missed the game and is day to day. 8
Maryland's second half against West Virginia ran 44-29, with a 16-4 run to open it and 10 of 20 from three for the game. 2 Mills scored 27 and Pharrel Payne 26 with 13 rebounds. 2
West Virginia's Finley Bizjack scored 25 on five of eight from three. 2
Buzz Williams took little from the result itself. "There weren't any adjustments to the plan at halftime, but there was attention to the lack of execution of that plan," the Maryland coach said. 2 The Terps open against Bucknell on Nov. 2. 2
St. John's played a 60-minute game. Keyshawn Hall had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and went 10 for 10 at the line; Ian Jackson also scored 24. 3
Quinn Ellis played 56 of those minutes and finished with 13 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and four blocks against one turnover. 3 Rutgers led 46-28 at halftime and by 20 early in the second half. 3
LSU still has almost no bench, and keeps winning. The Tigers beat UCF 85-81 with six players available, scoring four points in the last eight seconds at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. 5
UConn held Syracuse to 30.6 percent from the floor and 21.1 percent from three, and won the glass 41-33. 4 Ten Huskies made their unofficial debuts, and Na'jai Hines led all scorers with 17. 4
The boards, finished
The KenPom preseason ratings, reported on Oct. 13, put Duke first and Florida second. 10
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Duke |
| 2 | Florida |
| 3 | Houston |
| 4 | Illinois |
| 5 | Arizona |
| 6 | Iowa State |
| 7 | Michigan State |
| 8 | Kansas |
| 9 | Alabama |
| 10 | Texas |
UConn opens 11th in those ratings, Gonzaga 14th and Purdue 24th. 10 Kentucky sits 26th, outside the model's top 25. 10
ESPN published its women's preseason top 25 on Oct. 13, with South Carolina first, UConn second and USC third. 11
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina |
| 2 | UConn |
| 3 | USC |
| 4 | Duke |
| 5 | Michigan |
| 6 | Louisville |
| 7 | Iowa |
| 8 | LSU |
| 9 | Texas |
| 10 | North Carolina |
Defending champion UCLA opens 13th on that board. 11
The ACC's own media panel, voting Oct. 13, made Duke the favorite with 45 of 48 first-place votes and 861 points. Virginia was second at 778, Louisville third at 758 and Miami fourth at 753. 12
That panel named Virginia's Thijs De Ridder preseason Player of the Year with 30 votes, and Duke's Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje Rookie of the Year. 12 The USA TODAY Network's separate ACC poll had given its top individual honor to Duke's John Blackwell. 13
The SEC's women's media poll, released Oct. 12, put South Carolina first, Texas second and LSU third, with Vanderbilt fourth and Kentucky fifth. 14 Texas guard Madison Booker was voted preseason Player of the Year. 14
Who can play
Four Louisville athletes are eligible again. Jefferson Circuit Judge Brian C. Edwards granted a temporary injunction on Oct. 16 that blocks the NCAA's four-season limit against Seth Trimble, LJ Wells, Kalib Perry and Jabari Mack. 15
The order followed a hearing on Oct. 14, at which Louisville coach Pat Kelsey testified and asked the court to "end the chaos." 16
It reaches past the four-season rule. Edwards also barred the NCAA from disqualifying the players for skipping the transfer portal. 15 The order covers signed professional or agent contracts, provided the money is returned within seven days. 15
The path there took two rulings. The Kentucky Court of Appeals had dissolved an earlier order, which left all four ineligible until Friday's injunction. 15
Minnesota's Cade Tyson is still waiting. A hearing on Oct. 13 produced no decision. 17
Tyson and the other plaintiffs await a federal appeals court ruling. 18 Gophers coach Niko Medved criticized the NCAA after his team's exhibition win over Omaha. 18 More than 300 athletes are seeking a fifth year. 19
Women's basketball
UConn opened with an 88-60 win over Syracuse at Mohegan Sun Arena on Oct. 12, and put seven players in double figures. 20
Sarah Strong scored 15. Olivia Vukosa, the freshman center, had 10 points and nine rebounds, and freshman guard Jovana Popovic started and scored 10 in her first appearance. 20
UConn hosts Texas at Hartford on Monday night. 21
UCLA, the defending champion, beat Cal 87-53 in Berkeley on Oct. 14 with five players in double figures. 22
What's next
UConn's men play at Michigan State on Oct. 20. 4
Baylor plays its last exhibition at Illinois on Oct. 23, and South Carolina's women host Benedict that night. 114
Oct. 25 carries two of the preseason's better matchups: Michigan against Houston in Grand Rapids, and UCLA against Texas in Cedar Park. 623
North Carolina closes its exhibition schedule against Charlotte on Oct. 27, then the regular season opens Nov. 1. 8
Conference standings, weekly statistical leaders and regular-season results all arrive with those openers. AP's preseason top 25 had not been published when this issue went out. Every ranking above is a projection, and none of these scores counts.
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