In college basketball, the NCAA tournament is when everything comes to fruition, but right now is the hard stuff. Conference play is the crucible—the test—and fans even now are coming to understand which teams might be ready to take the bull by the horns when the snow starts to melt. 

As it stands here in Week 10 of the regular season, who are the contenders and pretenders in the Associated Press Top 10? This slideshow will determine whose springtime futures we will buy and whose we will release to the open market. 

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