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Feast Week winners, losers
We dive into the teams and conferences that thrived last week, and who didn't enjoy their Thanksgiving break as much. Plus: UConn's healthy (and a little scary), Vanderbilt's for real, and all the scores and results you should know from the last three days.
Samuel Lance
December 01, 2025
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1. Seton Hall, LSU finally breaking through?
Feast Week always delivers, and this year was no different with crazy buzzer-beaters, unbelievable individual performances and one of the most dominant runs we’ve ever seen.
But who were the biggest winners and losers from a packed week of hoops? Let’s dive in:
Seton Hall
If it weren’t for a missed out of bounds call, Seton Hall (7-1) might still be undefeated and have a Maui Tournament title. Nevertheless, the Pirates helped themselves over Feast Week by defeating No. 23 NC State, taking a top-25 KenPom team in USC to the wire and then easily handling Washington State.
AJ Staton-McCray emerged as a legitimate first option (19.7 ppg in Maui), and you know Shaheen Holloway’s teams will guard. They force turnovers, have better athletes/length than a year ago, and a true rim protector in freshman Najai Hines. Maybe we should be buying Seton Hall stock.
LSU
The trip to Niceville, Florida for the Emerald Coast Classic was kind to the Tigers. LSU defeated Drake, 71-62, on Friday and then torched DePaul, 96-63, on Saturday. It was LSU’s most points ever scored against a Big East opponent, and this offense really looks legit. The Tigers currently lead the country in 2-point FG percentage (64.4%) and are top-35 in pace. LSU’s impressive week has also raised the Tigers to No. 23 on Kenpom.
The Big Ten
There are 25 undefeated teams. The Big Ten has seven of those teams (Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Purdue and USC).
Michigan had arguably the greatest Feast Week display of all-time. Michigan State grabbed another big win against North Carolina. USC won the Maui Invitational. Iowa beat Ole Miss and Grand Canyon to win the Acrisure Classic. Indiana looks like Indiana again. Purdue is Purdue. Illinois is one of the most talented teams in the country. Really, UCLA and Wisconsin have been the only disappointments, but it’s still early for them. It was a great week for the conference.
The Big 12
How about a 27-6 record for the Big 12 last week? And it wasn’t just the top teams getting it done, like a Darryn Peterson-less Kansas going 3-0 in Vegas or BYU winning the ESPN Events Invitational Magic Bracket, but the teams projected to finish at the bottom of the league.
TCU went 2-0 with wins over No. 10 Florida and previously ranked Wisconsin. Arizona State made the Maui title game. Colorado remained undefeated with wins over San Francisco and Washington. Utah beat Ole Miss. This league is so good at the top, and it might just be the deepest too.
2. Not a great week for Big East, NC State, SDSU
The thing about struggling during Feast Week? There’s still a lot of time left this season.
