Midseason check-in: What picks are we standing by -- or redoing?


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Jan 6, 2025, 09:00 AM ET

Kansas to win it all? Creighton in the Final Four?

Would be nice to take those picks back, right?

That's what this piece is all about. Revisiting our preseason predictions -- and making changes moving forward. We're just about halfway through the regular season; nonconference play has been left in 2024; and it's now a sprint to Selection Sunday.

Much has changed since we initially made our picks on Nov. 4. Tennessee is the only team without a loss; Auburn has been arguably the most dominant team in America. Transfers have underwhelmed; freshmen have been sensational. Kansas doesn't quite look like a title contender -- North Carolina barely looks like an NCAA tournament team.

But what do the next two months have in store? ESPN college basketball writers Jeff Borzello, Joe Lunardi -- the only one with Auburn in the Final Four in the preseason -- and Myron Medcalf take a loo...

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