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AAC Basketball power rankings: Wichita State rises to the top

By Ben Andreatta

WICHITA, KS - JANUARY 25: Darral Willis Jr. #21 of the Wichita State Shockers reacts after scoring a basket against UCF Knights during the first half on January 25, 2018 at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
WICHITA, KS - JANUARY 25: Darral Willis Jr. #21 of the Wichita State Shockers reacts after scoring a basket against UCF Knights during the first half on January 25, 2018 at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images) /
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ORLANDO, FL – MARCH 11: A detailed view of the court before the final game of the 2018 AAC Basketball Championship (Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** /

A wild opening two weeks in AAC Basketball means there’s a new top dog in the Power Rankings, let’s recap what happened and see where teams stand early on.

I’m not really sure what just happened these past two weeks, lots of surprises across the board means there will be a big shakeup in the AAC Basketball rankings. Memphis lost two games since the last rankings were released to Georgia and Wichita, and managed to scrape by South Florida after trailing big. They’ll have to relinquish their top spot and we’ll have a new number one.

After game one it looked like Cincinnati was about to hit their stride before losing to Tulane and all of a sudden Temple doesn’t look good at all. A wild opening two weeks and we’ll get into what happened with each team in more detail later.

The AAC at the time of writing this has two teams in the top 25 with Wichita at 23 and Memphis at 21. Wichita should move up while Memphis drops out, Houston received votes but it’s likely after falling to Tulsa that they’ll stay put. If things continue and teams continue to beat up on each other the AAC may only be looking at two bids.

Want to highlight a few guys that have started out really well in conference play, Jayden Gardner may be the best player in the conference, he kept ECU in the game against Wichita and has put up a few monster 20 points 10 rebound stat lines. Chris Vogt has been fantastic with Cincinnati to start conference play putting up 66 points in his first four games.

Lots of shakeup and lots of explaining to do, I’ll recap how teams have started off conference play, as well as highlight more big performances and look ahead to the next few weeks for teams.