Mike Singletary taking the shot that almost won the game for the Red Raiders last week. (Daily Toreador photo)
Exactly one month ago, the college basketball season started. Can you believe we’ve already advanced that far? So, below, we’ve got which teams have gone a flip of the calendar without a scratch. The next installment, which will come two weeks from today, on Christmas Eve’s eve, will really breakdown the teams and give a scope of the remainder of their season, where they could get seeded, etc. For now, here’s a quick rundown of the flawless and when the first bump in the road could/should come. Dan Patrick’s radio show had a terrific reset on this prediction kind of thing with a Mike Francesa impression recently: “That’s uh lawuss. That’a uh lawuss. That’s uh win. That’s uh toss-up. That’s a win. That’s a win …”
It’s what I felt like as I prepared this. There’s an urge for Diet Coke now.
Texas Tech (9-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 19 at Wichita State. Probability: 62 percent. (These are finite numbers, people.)
New Mexico (8-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 12 at home against Texas A&M. Probability: 77 percent.
Syracuse (8-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 10 at Florida. Probability: 44 percent.
Villanova (8-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 13 at Temple. Probability: 28 percent.
Florida (8-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 10 at home against Syracuse. Something’s gotta give. Probability: 56 percent.
Kentucky (8-0). The soonest a loss could come: Tonight against UConn at Madison Square Garden. Probability: 39 percent.
Purdue (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Jan. 1 at home against West Virginia. Probability: 45 percent.
UNLV (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 12 at home against Kansas State. Probability: 47 percent.
Kansas (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 22 at home against California. Probability: 21 percent.
Texas (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 19 against North Carolina in Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Probability: 58 percent.
Georgetown (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 12 at Washington. Probability: 74 percent.
Illinois State (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 19 at Utah. Probability: 52 percent.
Missouri State (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 29 at Evansville. Probability: 45 percent.
Seton Hall (7-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 19 at home against Temple. Probability: 50 percent.
West Virginia (5-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 23 at home against Mississippi. Probability: 38 percent.
UTEP (5-0). The soonest a loss could come: Dec. 16 at Mississippi. Probability: 81 percent.
The 0-94 group:
Florida A&M (0-10).
Alcorn State (0-10).
Maryland-Baltimore County (0-8).
Bryant (0-8).
Colgate (0-8).
Southern (0-8).
Wagner (0-7).
Florida Gulf Coast (0-6).
Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-6).
Jackson State (0-6).
Penn (0-6).
Marist (0-6).
Jacksonville (0-5).
