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Kansas retains top spot, despite close call; BYU cracks top 10

My No. 1 team was in serious danger of losing to some Ivy Leaguers in a local-cable-TV game on Wednesday night -- a near-upset that I'm sure some will see as evidence that Kansas shouldn't be atop the polls. I'm sticking with the Jayhawks instead of Texas, though. Kansas showed it could play crunch-time defense against Cornell's version of Stephen Curry, Ryan Wittman, who was on fire in the first half but didn't hit a three for the final nine minutes; and Sherron Collins reminded us that he might be the country's best guard with the game on the line. The Longhorns can play D, but they don't have a playmaker like Collins -- and that's why they're not No. 1.

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