CBB: Week 4 Predictions

Week 3, also known as Feast Week, was an eventful couple of days because of preseason tournaments crowning their champions; No. 13 Baylor came back to down No. 12 Louisville in the Battle 4 Atlantis, defending champion No. 2 Villanova won the Charleston Classic, No. 3 North Carolina beat No. 20 Wisconsin in the Maui Invitational, Notre Dame slipped past Northwestern in the Legends Classic, and Temple beat back-to-back ranked opponents en route to the NIT Season Tip-Off title.

Week 4 is even better. The ACC-Big Ten Challenge is the headline, with games such as Syracuse at Wisconsin, Michigan State at Duke, and North Carolina at Indiana. Fellow journalist Blake Stoll and I will provide our latest composite rankings, teams on the bubble, game-by-game predictions, and our current Wooden Award standings.

Composite Rankings:

1. Kentucky (6-0)

2. North Carolina (7-0)

3. Villanova (6-0)

4. Kansas (5-1)

5. Duke (6-1)

6. Virginia (6-0)

7. Xavier (6-0)

8. Baylor (6-0)

9. Gonzaga (6-0)

10. UCLA (7-0)

11. Creighton (6-0)

12. Indiana (3-1)

13. St. Mary's (4-0)

14. Louisville (5-1)

15. Arizona (5-1)

16. South Carolina (6-0)

17. Wisconsin (4-2)

18. Iowa State (5-1)

19. Purdue (5-1)

20. Oregon (5-2)

21. West Virginia (4-1)

22. Notre Dame (6-0)

23. Maryland (6-0)

24. Rhode Island (5-1)

25. Syracuse (4-1)

On the Bubble:

26. Florida (5-1)

27. Michigan (5-1)

28. Florida State (6-1)

29. Colorado (4-1)

30. Oklahoma (4-1)

Post:

No. 25 Syracuse at No. 17 Wisconsin Michigan State at No. 5 Duke Virginia Tech at Michigan

No. 19 Purdue at No. 14 Louisville No. 2 North Carolina at No. 12 Indiana No. 13 St. Mary's at Stanford Cincinnati at No. 18 Iowa State

Alabama at Texas

No. 10 UCLA at No. 1 Kentucky Oklahoma at No. 17 Wisconsin No. 21 West Virginia at No. 6 Virginia

Stanford at No. 4 Kansas No. 7 Xavier at No. 8 Baylor No. 9 Gonzaga at No. 15 Arizona Akron at No. 11 Creighton

Week 3 Record: 10-5.

Overall Record: 25-10.

Stoll:

No. 25 Syracuse at No. 17 Wisconsin

Michigan State at No. 5 Duke

Virginia Tech at Michigan

No. 19 Purdue at No. 14 Louisville

No. 2 North Carolina at No. 12 Indiana

No. 13 St. Mary's at Stanford

Cincinnati at No. 18 Iowa State

Alabama at Texas

No. 10 UCLA at No. 1 Kentucky

Oklahoma at No. 17 Wisconsin

No. 21 West Virginia at No. 6 Virginia

Stanford at No. 4 Kansas

No. 7 Xavier at No. 8 Baylor

No. 9 Gonzaga at No. 15 Arizona

Akron at No. 11 Creighton

Week 3 Record: 9-6.

Overall Record: 23-12.

Current No. 1 Seeds:

No. 1 Kentucky (6-0, 0-0)

No. 2 North Carolina (7-0, 0-0)

No. 3 Villanova (6-0, 0-0)

No. 4 Kansas (5-1, 0-0)

Final Four Picks:

Wooden Award Standings:

1. Josh Hart (Villanova SG) -- 18.2 points, 2.0 assists per game.

2. Frank Mason (Kansas PG) -- 21.5 points, 5.0 assists per game.

3. De'Aaron Fox (Kentucky PG) -- 15.5 points, 7.2 assists per game.

4. Grayson Allen (Duke SG) -- 16.1 points, 3.6 assists per game.

5. Joel Berry II (North Carolina SG) -- 17.1 points, 4.3 assists per game.

Photo Credit: Tampa Bay Times.