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Kevin Sweeney

INSANE: Are these college hoops teams contenders or pretenders | Vintage Vibes

The outset of conference play is near, and with 10-plus games under the belt of the vast majority of teams, the small sample sizes that cause early-season overreactions are starting to disappear. So six weeks into the season, I decided to look at the AP top 10 and sort out which teams seem destined for March success and which ones might be most prone to falling short.

No. 1 Purdue: Pretender

I’ve written positively about the Boilermakers all season long, and they’ve certainly earned their lofty national ranking with blowout wins over Duke and Gonzaga. Still, the more I watch Purdue, the more I worry about this group in March.

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