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How did the Big Ten do in this week’s Power 36?

Four Big Ten teams made the ‘Power 36’ this week from Andy Katz. Two dropped out of the rankings entirely.

Four Big Ten teams are ranked in this week’s ‘Power 36’ as there has been a fluidity in the conference. Following a wild week in the Big Ten, all this movement shouldn’t be a surprise.

It also shouldn’t be a surprise that much of the movement for the Big Ten involved teams dropping down in the ‘Power 36’ or out of the ranking entirely.

The ‘Power 36‘ was created by college basketball insider Andy Katz, who also appears on the Big Ten Network as an in-studio commentator. He has been bullish on the conference as a whole, including his projections that nine Big Ten teams will make the NCAA Tournament this year.

Rutgers was one of two Big Ten programs to drop out of the ‘Power 36’ this week. Illinois, ranked No. 19 a week ago, got the boot as did Rutgers (formerly No. 28).

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Here is how the ‘Power 36’ shook out this week:

  • No. 6 Purdue (down three spots from the previous week)
  • No. 13 Northwestern (up four spots from the previous week)
  • No. 20 Maryland (down two spots from the previous week)
  • No. 30 Iowa (down seven spots from the previous week)

Future Big Ten program UCLA checked in at fourth overall in Katz’s rankings. USC, another incoming member to the conference, is in at No. 32.

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Andy Katz ranks Texas basketball as a top-five team for 2021-22

The Longhorns now have a top-five roster in the country according to many basketball analysts.

With the addition of six talented transfers from all over the country, and a solid core of players returning, the Longhorns are expected to be one of the best teams in college basketball this season.

Texas head coach Chris Beard made it clear in his introductory press conference that he did not see this as a rebuilding year. Every move he has made since has proven he wants to win right away.

Although Texas lost four players to the NBA, it is returning its leading scorer, Andrew Jones, and added the Pac-12 player of the year, Timmy Allen, from Utah. The Longhorns have the potential to have a starting five that  averaged double-digit points the year prio, and will have a lot more spacing with Dylan Dishu out of Vanderbilt and Tre Mitchell out of UMass.

College basketball analyst Andy Katz is extremely high on Beard’s squad this season and has them ranked No. 3 in the “Power 36.” 

As the roster looks right now, Texas has the potential to contend for a title throughout Beard’s first year on the Forty Acres.

The Longhorns still have a chance to acquire more depth with the top transfer in the nation, Marcus Carr. If Beard is able to add Carr, it would very well give them the best roster on paper in the country.