Syracuse fends off OSU, Kentucky for Power Rankings top spot

Happy Holidays, hoopheads! Enjoy your super-festive, DIY gift: graphs of Syracuse's backcourt substitution patterns. They are not returnable.

NCAA Basketball Power Rankings

The Next 16: 17. Xavier (on one-week, post-fight probation from the top 16), 18. Pittsburgh, 19. Kansas, 20. St. Louis, 21. Murray State, 22. Virginia, 23. Purdue, 24. Mississippi State, 25. Creighton, 26. Harvard, 27. Wichita State, 28. Illinois, 29. Michigan, 30. Texas A&M, 31. Stanford, 32. Iona

The Power Rankings will return on Jan. 5.