But what we've already learned through nine days of this season is that even if Peterson, Dybantsa and Boozer are in a tier by themselves in some regards, the list of elite freshmen is much longer than three names, and Louisville's Mikel Brown Jr. announced himself as part of it with a great performance in Tuesday's 96-88 victory over Kentucky.

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The Huskies outscored Columbia 50-27 in the first half before coasting to the 27-point victory. UConn coach Dan Hurley didn't like his team's performance in much of the second half but seemed to understand what happened.

Most of the talking heads released their college basketball rankings on Monday, the first day of the season. Jay Bilas needed a few more days to compile his. To be fair, ESPN’s lead college basketball analyst ranks 68 teams instead of 25 for his Bilas Index rankings.

After splitting the opening two games of the season, the Florida Gators fell a couple spots in The Athletic's men's college basketball rankings.

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One of the risers into the top five was Duke. The Blue Devils jumped two spots to No. 4 after a win over Texas in the first game of the Cameron Boozer era. UConn moved up one spot to No. 3 after blowout wins over New Haven and UMass Lowell to open the season.