November and December provided some of the most compelling early season college basketball we’ve seen in a long time.
The South Carolina Gamecocks‘ lineup had a makeover, and it didn’t change the program’s level of success at all. The UConn Huskies are persevering through another wave of injuries but still conquering the Big East. Freshmen, led by the USC Trojans‘ JuJu Watkins, have transformed into stars almost instantly. The national player of the year race is Caitlin Clark‘s to lose as she pursues the NCAA career scoring record.
But what about those conference player of the year battles? We cover those and more with a look at the top storylines in every league across the country as conference play moves into overdrive.
American Athletic Conference
Wide open race: UConn tore through the first seven years of the AAC without a blemish. When the Huskies returned to the Big East in 2021, the South Florida Bulls and UCF Knights took over and combined to win the next three regular-season titles. With the Knights now in the Big 12 and the Bulls dealing with graduation losses and injury, the American race is wide open for the first time in its history. Things…
