Four of the top five NCAA Basketball teams play on Saturday, with three of them playing early games. Duke, Syracuse and Louisville are all in action late morning or early afternoon EST. Syracuse is at Villanova at 11 am, Louisville is at Georgetown at noon and Duke hosts Maryland at 1 pm.
Number-1 Duke lost by 27 points on the road versus the University of Miami Hurricanes on Wednesday. Despite losing to then #20 NC State in early January, the Blue Devils climbed back to the top of the AP Top 25 for the fifth time this season when last week's ranks were released. The Blue Devils are 16-2 this year and a perfect 13-0 in non-conference games.
Number-3 Syracuse has just one loss so far this season, a late-December defeat to Temple by four points. The Orange has won eight games since, including a 70-68 win at Louisville last week when the Cardinals were the top-ranked team in the country.
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Number-5 Louisville has now lost two games in a row: the first to Syracuse, and their more recent defeat at the hands of Villanova 73-64 on Tuesday. The only other Cardinal defeat all season was around Thanksgiving, when Duke beat the Louisville squad by five.
Kansas -- which is tied for third with Syracuse -- is also playing Saturday. The Jayhawks host Oklahoma at 4:00 pm EST. November 13 is the one and only day Kansas has lost a game this season, falling to Michigan State by three at home. The Jayhawks have won 16 in a row since, including 11 double-digit wins and three victories over ranked teams.
The second-ranked Michigan Wolverines are off on Saturday after a 15-point Thursday win against Purdue. The Wolverines will face Illinois on Sunday at 6 pm EST.
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