The Bruins picked up three first-place votes after their 51-point win over then-No. 9 Iowa in the Big Ten title game Sunday. UConn had been a unanimous No. 1 from the national media panel for the past eight weeks. The undefeated Huskies received the other 28 first-place votes.
Alabama's +277 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 9.2 points per game) is a result of scoring 70.4 points per game (97th in college basketball) while allowing 61.2 per contest (109th in college basketball). Timmons is 85th in the country with a team-leading 16.8 points per game.