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AAC Basketball Power Rankings: Temple, UCF, Houston in top tier

By Brian Rauf

VILLANOVA, PA - DECEMBER 05: Shizz Alston Jr. #10 and Quinton Rose #1 of the Temple Owls reacts after an offensive foul in the second half against the Villanova Wildcats at Finneran Pavilion on December 5, 2018 in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Villanova Wildcats defeated the Temple Owls 69-59. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
VILLANOVA, PA - DECEMBER 05: Shizz Alston Jr. #10 and Quinton Rose #1 of the Temple Owls reacts after an offensive foul in the second half against the Villanova Wildcats at Finneran Pavilion on December 5, 2018 in Villanova, Pennsylvania. The Villanova Wildcats defeated the Temple Owls 69-59. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – NOVEMBER 11: Head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. of the Tulane Green Wave reacts during the first half of a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at the Smoothie King Center on November 11, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA – NOVEMBER 11: Head coach Mike Dunleavy, Sr. of the Tulane Green Wave reacts during the first half of a game against the North Carolina Tar Heels at the Smoothie King Center on November 11, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images) /

12) Tulane Green Wave (4-14, 0-6 in ACC)
LW: 12

Unfortunately for Tulane, it can’t be anyone else but them in this spot.

The Green Wave have not won a game since Dec. 19 and, even though they played Memphis close two weekends ago, they’ve been blown out in most of those games. Mike Dunleavy’s squad has one of the worst offenses in the country (307th in efficiency) and their defense isn’t much better (245th).

KenPom doesn’t project Tulane to win another game this year and, if they lose to ECU on Jan. 31, they just might.

11) Wichita State Shockers (8-10, 1-5) 
LW: 9

It has been strange to see a Wichita State team struggle as much as the Shockers have this year, yet that’s the reality for a program that is replacing more production than virtually everyone else in the country.

Senior Markis McDuffie has held onto his place as one of the best players in the conference. However, the rest of this young roster is still looking to find its way.

Looking for a reason to believe the Shockers can turn their season around? Four of their five AAC losses have come to teams that have one conference loss. And, as such, they have a long stretch against the bottom half of the conference coming up. We’ll find out exactly where Wichita stands in the American picture in the next few weeks.