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One week remains before Selection Sunday and it’s time for one last men’s basketball Power 36 rankings from Andy Katz. Here’s how the teams shook out.
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Dropped out: San Diego State (24), Richmond (27), Iowa (30), Indiana State (31), Villanova (34), Syracuse (35)
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Drake: The Bulldogs behind the DeVries family took down top seed Indiana State to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs beat No. 10 Evansville and No. 3 Bradley before the 84-80 win over the Sycamores. Tucker DeVries scored a game-high 27 points while Atin Wright and Darnell Brodie scored 17 each. Drake enters the NCAA Tournament as a team that could produce multiple upset wins. Drake was on the list of a possible at-large candidates but the Bulldogs didn’t leave anything to chance and beat the regular-season champs.
Reed Sheppard, Kentucky: The freshman phenom scored 27 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out five assists in the Wildcats season-ending 85-81 win at Tennessee. Sheppard scored eight and handed out 11 assists in a 93-77 win over Vanderbilt. Sheppard has made himself into one of the most valuable freshman in the country, let alone a game changer for the Wildcats during what should be a deep postseason run.
Andy Katz is an NCAA.com correspondent. Katz worked at ESPN for 18 years as a college basketball reporter, host and anchor. He’s covered every Final Four since 1992, and the sport since 1986 as a freshman at Wisconsin. He is a former president of the United States Basketball Writers Association. Katz can also be seen covering college basketball on Big Ten Network during the regular season. Follow him on Twitter at @theandykatz.
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