Junior Cadougan has been a significant upgrade at the point guard position for Marquette over Dwight Buycks.

"Dwight helped us win a lot of games, but Junior is a different type of player," Williams said. "He delivers the ball on time and on target." 

Cadougan is a true point guard and has helped in improving the distribution.

Marquette lost Jimmy Butler to the NBA, but they may be better than they were a season ago.

Jae Crowder's production may exceed that of Butler or Lazar Hayward.

"He's a really good player, is extremely intelligent and instinctive," Marquette coach Buzz Williams said.

Crowder is averaging 17.8 points and 8.0 rebounds per game.

Canadian-born Anthony Bennett continues to consider various colleges and isn't expected to make a decision until the spring.

Bennett recently visited Kentucky and continues to consider UNLV, Florida, Washington, Ohio State, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, Connecticut and Oregon.

“All [the] schools in my top nine are all calling me, but right now I’m just answering a few calls [and] just trying to stay focused in school,” said Bennett of how his recruitment is going. “Like I said before [I have] no favorites. I feel like all the schools are putting a lot of time and effort trying to recruit me to come to their school.”

Duke doesn't have an elite point guard or a big wing on their roster, deficiencies that showed in their 22-point loss to Ohio State on Tuesday.

The one player in college basketball that would make the biggest difference for Duke is likely Harrison Barnes, who is a scoring wing who can also defend.

Mike Krzyzewski nearly landed Barnes, but he eventually chose North Carolina.

The 2012 Battle 4 Atlantis will feature an impressive field, headlined by Duke.

Memphis, Stanford, Missouri, Louisville, Minnesota, VCU and Northern Iowa will also participate.

Harvard won the 2011 edition of the tournament.

Virginia defeated No. 14 Michigan by a final score of 70-58.

Virginia limited Michigan to less than one point per possession and dominated the rebounding battle.

"When we play really hard on defense and get stops, that makes our offense run, that makes our offense go," freshman guard Malcolm Brogdon said. "I think we were able to get into a rhythm offensively because of our defense."

Brogdon had 13 of his 16 points in the second half.

Perry Jones III scored 27 points on 14 shots from the floor in his sophomore debut. Jones had been suspended for the first five games of the 11-12 season.

Freshman Quincy Miller didn't play in the game due to a rolled ankle. Miller had been Baylor's leading scorer at 15.2 points per game.

Jones tied a career high in scoring, which was initially set last February against Texas A&M.

Ohio State shot nearly 60% from the floor and 57.1% from beyond the arc (8-for-14) to defeat Duke by a final score of 85-63.

The Buckeyes scored 1.29 points per possession while holding Duke to 0.93 points on the other end.

Jared Sullinger scored 21 points, while William Buford had 20. Deshaun Thomas and Aaron Craft chipped in 18 and 17 respectively.

Austin Rivers led Duke with 22 points on 8-for-18 shooting. Duke couldn't get going from distance, going just 3-for-15 (20.0%).

Point guard Nate Britt has committed to North Carolina.

Britt is the 15th ranked member of the class of 2013.

Britt attends Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC. He also considered Arizona, Georgetown and Maryland, amongst others.

North Carolina already was the only player with a Top-25 commitment in 2013 in Isaiah Hicks and now have a second.

Dewayne Dedmon has a stress injury in his right foot and is expected to miss four to six weeks.

Dedmon is a sophomore transfer on USC and a candidate for the NBA Draft.

At first, the injury, which was revealed by an MRI on Monday, was deemed a stress fracture.

But team athletic trainer David Borchardt amended that to note that it is a "stress injury" and that Dedmon will be immobilized for one week.

Dedmon suffered a fractured right hand during the preseason.

"I just look at it like, I'll be back," Dedmon said Tuesday. "It's not like it's at the end of the season where I can't finish out the season, but I can hopefully be back before conference."

"It affects us greatly," Kevin O'Neill said. "You can't replace 7-foot, 250 pounds, especially in the situation when we have so many inexperienced guys."