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.

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.

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.

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%).

Bradley Beal had 22 points and 10 rebounds in Florida's 96-70 win over Stetson.

"Coach (Billy) Donovan has always been on me about rebounding and I did whatever it took to push the ball on the offensive end, just trying to rebound as much as I could," Beal said.

Wisconsin leads the country in defensive eFG% with a mark of 33.2%. Alabama, Kentucky and Louisville are ranked second, third and fourth in the category.

The Badgers have kept their opponents to 43 or fewer points in five of their six games and 33 or fewer points in three of those.

Wisconsin will play North Carolina on Wednesday, who are recovering from a loss last week to UNLV.

Iona's Scott Machado is averaging 18.6 points and 12.2 assists per game.

Only two players in the history of D1 basketball have averaged double-digits in both points and assists for an entire season.

Southern’s Avery Johnson and Bradley’s Anthony Manuel each accomplished the feat in 87-88.

Andre Walker is playing for Xavier after spending four years at Vanderbilt.

He had a career-high 14 rebounds in Xavier's 82-70 game in Nashville.

The Musketeers held a 54-33 edge on the boards, the worst beating the Commodores have taken on the boards at home since 2002

Austin Rivers has become a polarizing figure already in his short college career.

An article last week from ESPN's Sebastian Pruti pointed out flaws in Rivers' game.

"I never ever worry about it," Rivers said. "Those people's jobs are to critique. The coaches and my teammates are happy with the way I'm playing. It's sports and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm not going to call ESPN and be like, 'Hey, can you stop that.' "

Rivers said he uses the negativity as motivation.

"I see it as motivation and they will be wrong by the end of the year," Rivers said of his critics