School basketball rankings, grades: UCLA will get season finale’s lone ‘A+’, North Carolina flops with ‘F’

The ultimate full week of faculty basketball’s common season is in our rear view, which implies our weekly report card — whereby I hand out grades for numerous groups based mostly on how they carried out over the week — will morph into one thing new this postseason. So let’s make the final one of many common season an excellent one, we could?

As at all times, there’s good and dangerous scattered in regards to the report card, so let’s begin with the great. I will be clear from the leap: Just one workforce — UCLA — received an A+ for mowing by Arizona State and Arizona. Nevertheless, Houston and Miami earned A grades this week after clinching their respective convention titles. Duke additionally earned the uncommon A by taking out in-state foes NC State and North Carolina, sweeping the Tar Heels whereas aspect swiping their tourney hopes within the course of. Double whammy.

The dangerous begins with the Heels, who missed an opportunity at house to enhance their résumé. No workforce in faculty hoops has ever started the season ranked No. 1 and gone on to overlook the NCAA Match, however UNC is on the verge of doing precisely that. Jerry Palm has the Tar Heels on the flawed aspect of his bubble as of Sunday with work to do within the ACC Match to get in.

Oh, however UNC is not alone with ugly grades this week. Windfall laid an egg at house in a surprising meltdown vs. Seton Corridor and Arkansas continued its downward spiral to flirt shut with failing grades this week as properly.

Let’s dive into the report card for this week. As at all times, bear in mind the cycle runs Monday-Sunday.

School basketball grades: This week’s report card