ROTHSTEIN 45: WEEK 4

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1. Purdue

The Skinny: Zach Edey is again the favorite to be the National Player of the Year.

2. Arizona

The Skinny: Buy stock in KJ Lewis.

3. UConn

The Skinny: Friday’s game at Kansas is appointment television.

4. Marquette

The Skinny: Did work in Maui.

5. Kansas

The Skinny: Elmarko Jackson and Nick Timberlake are a combined 6-25 from three-point range.

6. Duke

The Skinny: Will play its first true road game on Wednesday at Arkansas.

7. Miami

The Skinny: Needs to develop its bench.

8. Houston

The Skinny: LJ Cryer is playing like an All-American.

9. Tennessee

The Skinny: Dalton Knecht was just 4-17 from the floor against Kansas.

10. Baylor

The Skinny: Could be the deepest team in the Big 12.

11. Gonzaga

The Skinny: Anton Watson was insane against UCLA.

12. Kentucky

The Skinny: Miami visits Rupp Arena on Tuesday.

13. Texas

The Skinny: Kadin Shedrick is blossoming.

14. Colorado State

The Skinny: Will play Colorado and Washington in the next six days.

15. Florida Atlantic

The Skinny: Averaged 90.3 points in three games at the ESPN Events Invitational.

16. Villanova

The Skinny: 39 percent of its made field goals are three-point shots.

17. Texas A&M

The Skinny: Beat Iowa State on Sunday without Tyrece Radford and Henry Coleman.

18. Creighton

The Skinny: Shot just 6-29 from three-point range in its loss to Colorado State.

19. North Carolina

The Skinny: Harrison Ingram is emerging.

20. Illinois

The Skinny: Who’s the secondary scorer behind Terrence Shannon Jr.?

21. Mississippi State

The Skinny: Chris Jans is one of the best coaches in the country.

22. James Madison

The Skinny: Terrence Edwards has made a leap.

23. BYU

The Skinny: The surprise team in the Big 12.

24. Oklahoma

The Skinny: Infinitely more athletic than last season.

25. Memphis

The Skinny: Ran into a buzzsaw against Villanova.

26. Michigan State

The Skinny: A.J. Hoggard is turning a corner offensively.

27. UCLA

The Skinny: Young but talented.

28. San Diego State

The Skinny: Jaedon LeDee is playing like a first-team All-American.

29. Auburn

The Skinny: Aden Holloway has scored in double figures in four of his first five games.

30. Ohio State

The Skinny: Did a tremendous job with its transfer class.

31. Clemson

The Skinny: PJ Hall is an ACC Player of the Year candidate.

32. Virginia

The Skinny: Averaging just 56.7 points against power conference opponents.

33. Florida

The Skinny: Looked the part against Baylor.

34. Alabama

The Skinny: Gave up an average of 91.5 points in two games at the Emerald Coast Classic.

35. USC

The Skinny: Isaiah Collier has 21 turnovers in his last four games.

36. Kansas State

The Skinny: Arthur Kaluma is rounding into form.

37. Providence

The Skinny: Seven of its next eight games are at home.

38. Colorado

The Skinny: Colorado State is up next on Wednesday in Fort Collins.

39. Northwestern

The Skinny: Won’t play a game outside of the city of Chicago until Jan. 2nd.

40. TCU

The Skinny: Five players are averaging in double figures.

41. Nevada

The Skinny: Could be 9-0 when it plays at Hawaii on Dec. 17th.

42. Washington

The Skinny: Keion Brooks is playing like an All-American.

43. Xavier

The Skinny: Won’t play a road game until Dec. 20th at St. John’s.

44. Wisconsin

The Skinny: Freshman guard John Blackwell is a gem.

45. Princeton

The Skinny: Undefeated after losing Ryan Langborg to Northwestern and Tosan Evbuomwan to the NBA.

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Rothstein has been a college basketball insider for CBS Sports since 2010 and a contributor to the CBS Broadcast Network since 2016. He joined FanDuel in 2022 as a Content Creator. Rothstein is also the host of the College Hoops Today Podcast via Compass Media Networks.