The first two weeks of conference play in college basketball have felt a bit like a changing of the guard, at least for this season, in some ways. Already, both North Carolina and Kansas have stumbled, and the Jayhawks are dealing with a number of issues heading into a Big 12 slate that is only getting tougher. That is reflected with a little slip in this Bracketology.
On the other hand, two potential elites have emerged in two of the top conferences in America. Both Nebraska and Vanderbilt are still unbeaten after collecting very impressive wins last week. Mark Byington’s Commodores knocked off Alabama at home — the first of two losses on the week for the Tide — and Nebraska got a pair of gritty road wins over tournament-caliber teams in Ohio State and Nebraska.
Elsewhere in the Big Ten, Michigan took a stunning loss to a seemingly resurgent Wisconsin club, leaving Nebraska as the Big Ten AQ in the middle of January. Who had that on the bingo card?…