Midwest: Kansas Jayhawks
South: Syracuse Orange
East: Kentucky Wildcats
West: Kansas State Wildcats
It's a strange set of circumstances that allows Kansas State to lose handily at Kansas yet still move from No. 5 to No. 4 on the S curve. Call it the Duke/Robbie Hummel factor.
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