Mike Boynton calls Bill Self the best coach in the country

The Oklahoma State Cowboys came up short at home against the top-five-ranked Kansas Jayhawks at home 87-76. And Cowboys head coach Mike Boynton wasn’t too upset about the loss. How could he be when he believes his Oklahoma State squad lost to the best college coach in the country, Bill Self.

“Like it’s a reason they are who they are and have been who they’ve been,” said Boynton. “I’ve got a ton of respect for their program, and I think they have the best coach in the country, in my opinion. He’s able to make adjustments, game in and game out, with the different rosters (and) different personnel in a way that I’ve not seen by many people. And it’s the reason they can figure it out each year and get better as the season goes along. So, a lot of respect for them.

“Sometimes you can beat yourself up over losing. Sometimes you gotta give credit to the other team for being good. Their 26 assists — that’s a big number. They played the game really, really efficiently and effectively and had us in some tough spots. You have to play really, really well to beat a team like that, and we played OK. OK is not good enough.”

Oklahoma State came up short on the defensive end against Kansas, allowing Jayhawks star guard Gradey Dick to set the tone early and often. Dick was the leading scorer on the night for The Jayhawks recording 26 points on 10-17 shooting from the field and 4-9 from beyond the arc. For Boynton’s Cowboys, forward Kalib Boone had himself a knight with 27 points and nine rebounds. Still, his performance could not help overcome Kansas’s 26 assists night.

New Coaches Poll Top 25 released after upset-filled week of college basketball

There are certainly no shortages of upsets this season across college basketball. This past week was undoubtedly upset-filled, with ten AP-ranked teams losing one game and four ranked teams losing two games. As a result, the new Coaches Poll Top 25 has seen plenty of changes.

No. 6 Tennessee was the highest-ranked team to lose twice on the week, with both coming at the last possible second of each game. The Vols first lost to Vanderbilt on a buzzer-beater during the week before falling in the same fashion on Saturday against Missouri. No. 11 Iowa State also went 0-2 on the week, as did No. 24 Rutgers. No. 17 TCU played two ranked games on the week, also going 0-2 with losses against No. 12 Kansas State and No. 14 Baylor.

The revolving door in the No. 1 spot continues this week, with No. 1 Purdue falling against Northwestern over the weekend. Purdue beat Iowa earlier in the week, going 1-1. But No. 2 Houston went 1-0 on the week while No. 3 Alabama went 2-0. No. 4 Arizona and No. 5 Texas also lost one game over the course of the week, as the Wildcats fell against Stanford and the Longhorns lost against No. 9 Kansas.

New Coaches Poll Top 25

1. Alabama (22-3)
2. Houston (23-2)…