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What we learned from the men's SEC/ACC, Big 12-Big East matchups

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The chaos of men's college basketball has been on full display in recent weeks, from the madness of Feast Week to Kentucky's loss to Clemson on Tuesday, to Creighton's upset of No. 1 Kansas on Wednesday.

Among the highlights of this week's SEC/ACC Men's Challenge and Big 12-Big East battles were multiple, high-level performances from a handful of stars. Some of those efforts were generated by familiar faces, but a pair of freshmen -- one who might be the best player in the country, and another who had barely played to this point -- were the clear headliners.