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- He joined ESPN in 2011. Follow on XEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsThere are just under two months left in the 2025-26 men's college basketball regular season -- plenty of time for most teams to enhance their NCAA tournament résumés ahead of Selection Sunday. For some programs, it will be enough to regain momentum they may have lost after the opening stages.
- For others, the gap between preseason expectations and where they stand now may be too wide to overcome.
- And if teams that fall under that latter category aren't prudent about turning things around, they could find themselves looking back at this stretch of the season as a missed opportunity that cost them a shot at a successful campaign. Here are nine that need to shift gears sooner rather than later. Note: Teams listed in alphabetical order. Alabama Crimson TideOverall record: 12-5 SEC record: 2-2Alabama has losses to Arizona (No.
- 1), Purdue (No.
- 5), Gonzaga (No.