2. Guilty!
We here at Top 10 Topics must make a confession: We hold a poll bias against Murray State. We're not being critical; the Racers are the nation's only major-college unbeaten because they're good, but the Ohio Valley Conference isn't exactly loaded with good teams. According to collegerpi.com, the top RPI after Murray State is 171 by Tennessee Tech. The Racers own three Top 100 wins - Southern Mississippi, Memphis and Dayton - but that's all. For that reason, they are as high as they're going to get - No. 12 - on our weekly AP poll ballot, at least until their Bracketbuster matchup Feb. 18 against St. Mary's.
3. Getting some pub
The Racers were on the ropes Thursday night, trailing by 11 against Southeast Missouri State with 17 minutes to go. But that's when 6-foot junior guard Isaiah Canaan took over. He scored 24 of his 32 points the rest of the way to rally Murray State to an 81-73 victory. Canaan is averaging a team-high 19.3 points and 3.7 assists while shooting 48 percent overall and from the three-point line, and 83 percent on free throws. He also has knocked down 68 treys.
4. Toothless Huskies
The news doesn't get any better for Connecticut, the defending national champion, which enters Saturday's game against Seton Hall with a four-game losing streak and without head coach Jim Calhoun. Officials said Friday that Calhoun, who turns 70 in May, will take an indefinite leave of absence to address his spinal stenosis, a lower-back condition that causes him severe pain and hampers his mobility. The Huskies, who will be led by associate head coach George Blaney in Calhoun's absence, have been held to less than 50 points in back-to-back games while shooting 34.7 percent from the field.
5. A Pitt miracle?
