Conference play in college basketball is well underway, and around the country, teams are beginning to show their true colors.
Many casual college basketball fans wait until after the Super Bowl is over to fully dive in, but they’re doing themselves a disservice, because this season has already featured so much to enjoy. Storylines abound, from coaches in new places like Mark Pope at Kentucky and John Calipari at Arkansas, to fabulous freshmen such as Cooper Flagg of Duke and Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey of Rutgers.
The Blue Devils have been noteworthy for more than just Flagg’s exploits, as they’re currently the only ACC team that hasn’t lost a conference game. Jon Scheyer’s bunch has rolled off 10 straight wins overall to climb to No. 3 in the latest AP poll, and given the recent injury to National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome of Auburn and how shaky Iowa State looked in escaping Texas Tech this past weekend, it may not be long until Duke reclaims its throne atop the college basketball world…