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Predicting men's college basketball conference winners -- and their biggest threats

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The turning of the calendar used to mark the demarcation between nonconference and conference play. With the expansion of conference size and a corresponding increase in the number of conference games, that has changed in some leagues -- most notably the Big Ten and Big East, where the majority of teams have already played four or five games against league opponents.

But, for the most part, the meat and potatoes of the 2025-26 men's college basketball season has just gotten underway, with contenders looking to separate themselves from pretenders over the next couple of weeks.