Five of the six major conferences have a leader or co-leader that failed to make the NCAA Tournament last season. “A lot of kids that are coming over from different rosters are bringing in new skillsets to the team,” said St. John's transfer AJ Storr, who is scoring a team-high 15.3 points per game for No. 11 Wisconsin. Wisconsin has sole possession of first place in the Big Ten and Oregon leads the Pac-12 outright after those two teams faced off in last season’s NIT quarterfinals.