" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]   - by Adesina O. Koiki A Lot of Sports Talk editor-in-chief Follow @Koiki_Sport Follow @ALOST_Official WASHINGTON — The defending college basketball national champions, who also happen to be the top-ranked team in the country just over a month before beginning its defense of that title,