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How are your team's chances to make the Big Dance shaping up in the final six weeks until Selection Sunday?

— Andrej Stojakovic scored 17 points and No. 5 Illinois made 17 3-pointers in an 84-44 win over Northwestern on Wednesday night.

From Fred Hoiberg and the turnaround he's authored at Nebraska to usual suspects, see who made the short list.

The Fighting Illini are the top 2-seed -- with plenty of time this season to move further up the board.

SVP and Stanford Steve are here to preview Super Bowl 60, share their takeaways from a great weekend of college hoops, talk the top NBA storylines and more. Is Drake Maye’s shoulder really hurt? What’s at stake for the Seahawks and Patriots beyond what happens on the field Sunday? Stanford Steve likes New England straight up, and SVP may agree with him. Then, a full recap of the best of college basketball over the weekend, including the rivalry game in Spokane, Florida’s statement, Kansas and Illinois’ momentum and more. Plus, a shoutout to Jalen Duren and the Pistons, Novak Djokovic for continuing to defy logic and Carlos Alcaraz for accomplishing the career slam. Finally, the guys air out their grievances for the way the DC area has handled the snow, Punxsutawney Phil and more. | SVPod Time Codes/Topics (0:00) Intro (1:35) DMV is struggling to combat the snow (4:36) It’s Super Bowl week! (9:31) SB LX Preview (18:40) Radio row isn’t missed (20:35) Pro Bowl is here (Thank you Joe Burrow) (24:24) Illinois MBB is the REAL DEAL (27:10) CBB wknd thoughts (31:00) Gonzaga-St. Mary’s reaction (38:30) Shoutout to UCF (39:05) Kansas is scary with DP (42:50) Upcoming CBB schedule (44:44) Hoops update for Steve’s kids (46:00) Shoutout Jalen Duren (49:15) NBA storylines (52:38) Hats off to Novak (57:08) Alcaraz is unbelievable (58:38) SVP needs to pack and has homework (1:05:48) Thanks for watching Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest Top 25 poll is out, with a new top five. What's next for the ranked teams?

Keaton Wagler scored 28 points and No. 9 Illinois won its 11th straight game, beating No. 5 Nebraska 78-69 on Sunday.

— Keaton Wagler scored 28 points and No. 9 Illinois won its 11th straight game, beating No. 5 Nebraska 78-69 on Sunday in the first matchup of top-10 teams the Cornhuskers have hosted.

— Keaton Wagler had 22 points and eight assists and No. 9 Illinois extended its winning streak to 10 games with a 75-66 victory over Washington on Thursday night.