It ended 92-85, an odd game where Wake's Tyree Appleby made an ACC record 23 free throws and the Tar Heels managed to score 60 points in the second half and still lose. North Carolina dropped in on Wake Forest Tuesday night and was behind 22 points by halftime. He has 11 points combined in his past two games. Kentucky was wiped out 46-28 in the paint Tuesday and Calipari mentioned at one point in his post-game autopsy how "I can't get guys to body up and do this stuff."Īnd what's with Oscar Tshiebwe? The reigning national player of the year had a quiet seven points and seven rebounds against Arkansas. John Calipari wants a more physical effort from an occasionally leaky defense. "We're not going to let this define how the rest of our season goes," guard Cason Wallace said afterward, but Kentucky needs to figure out some things quickly. That makes three Rupp Arena losses since Jan. The Razorbacks shot 62.7 percent for the game, the first time in 16 years Kentucky had allowed an opponent to top 60. Then the Wildcats coughed up 47 points in the second half as the Razorbacks shredded their defense for 72 percent shooting, running away to win 88-73.Īrkansas only needed one 3-pointer to put up those 47 points after halftime. Kentucky was home against Arkansas Tuesday and trailed by one point at halftime. "It wasn't the same level of competing," coach Jon Scheyer said of the bashing by the Hurricanes, when Duke never led and trailed by as many as 26. They've been a tad unstable in blue uniforms. They Blue Devils lost by 11 at Wake Forest, by 24 at North Carolina State when they were outscored 31-2 in points off turnovers. ![]() They're the third worst team in the ACC in turnover percentage, behind only Florida State and Louisville, who are a combined 11-37.ĭuke is now 17-7, but a wobbly 5-7 away from Cameron Indoor Stadium. It underscored the trouble the Blue Devils occasionally have in taking care of the basketball. The Blue Devils committed 21 turnovers, a number Duke has reached only four times in the past 13 seasons. RANKINGS: Houston and Texas surge in the Power 36 college basketball rankingsĭuke went to Miami Monday night and lost by 22 points. Iowa has seven Quad 1 wins by itself.Īnd this week has been a showcase of their struggles, a warning shot three weeks from March that all of them need to start finding answers soon. In the NCAA's current NET rankings, where the Quad 1 games display how a team does against the heaviest competition, they're a combined 5-22. Kentucky is currently tied for fourth in the SEC, Duke sixth in the ACC, North Carolina tied for eighth. None were listed in this week's AP top-25. ![]() Big names, big expectations, but there's absolutely nothing unusual about that. 7 and expected to push the Tar Heels for the conference title. 1 in the pre-season Associated Press poll, and picked to win the ACC. The future looked so shiny and bright back in November for the royals of college basketball.
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