After half a week of action Kansas increased its margins with an impressive win at Texas along with other top teams struggling.
Kansas favored by:
2 points: Duke4 points: Syracuse
5 points: West Virginia, Wisconsin
6 points: Purdue
7 points: Kentucky, Brigham Young, Maryland, Kansas State, Ohio State
8 points: Villanova, Texas, Missouri, Georgetown, Baylor
9 points: Old Dominion, Marquette
10 points: Clemson, Utah St, California, Virginia Tech, Florida St, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Butler, Georgia Tech
Other Notables:
11 points: Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Michigan St, Northern Iowa, Louisville, Temple, Texas A&M
12 points: New Mexico, Mississippi St, UNLV
13 points: Illinois, Florida, Gonzaga, Connecticut
14 points: Cornell, Memphis
16 points: North Carolina
Pretty amazing how big the separation is this year. The biggest drop-off gap is between Duke and Syracuse with 2.80 points separating them, then the next biggest is between Kansas and Duke with 1.65 points and then finally the third big gap is between Wisconsin and Purdue with 1.48 points separating them. Then there are only fractions of points separating all the other teams as you go down the point margins.

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