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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 4473308, member: 10"] It's early but.... [I]The overall No. 1 seed is not an easy call. [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/PURDUE/purdue-boilermakers/']Purdue[/URL] has gotten off to a great start with dominant wins over [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/DUKE/duke-blue-devils/']Duke[/URL] and [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/GONZAG/gonzaga-bulldogs/']Gonzaga[/URL] in the Phil Knight Legacy last month. However, the Boilermakers struggled to win their last two games, an overtime win at [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/NEB/nebraska-cornhuskers/']Nebraska[/URL] and an eight-point win over [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/DAVID/davidson-wildcats/']Davidson[/URL] in Indianapolis. Despite having the early leader for national player of the year in [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3178244/zach-edey/']Zach Edey[/URL], Purdue's offense is unstoppable only if the Boilers are hitting their 3-pointers. In the games in which Purdue has shot 33% or better from beyond the arc, they have averaged 82.3 ppg. That number falls to 68.0 ppg when the 3-point percentage is less than that, which is what happened in the Boilers' last two games. [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/UCONN/connecticut-huskies/']UConn[/URL] is also off to a tremendous start. Like Purdue, the Huskies were unranked to start the season, but they have steamrolled their opposition so far and risen to No. 2 in the polls. Also like Purdue last season, they are splitting time between two centers – 6-foot-9 junior [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/3178164/adama-sanogo/']Adama Sanogo[/URL] and 7-2 freshman [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/players/28953860/donovan-clingan/']Donovan Clingan[/URL]. They are a better defensive team than last season's Boilermakers and that is a big reason why the Huskies have laid waste to their opponents so far this season. They have a 15-point win over [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/BAMA/alabama-crimson-tide/']Alabama[/URL] and a 21-point victory at [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/FLA/florida-gators/']Florida[/URL] that was not as close as the score would indicate. All twelve of their wins have come by double digits. [/I] [B][I]Because of the more dominant performance by UConn against its schedule, I have the Huskies as the overall No.1, with Purdue at No. 2.[/I][/B] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/bracketology-uconn-is-top-overall-seed-ahead-of-no-1s-purdue-kansas-and-houston-in-first-bracket-update/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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