That was a fun appetizer. Now it's time for things to heat up.
With Election Day and other circumstances forcing the Champions Classic to move from the start of the 2022-23 men's college basketball season to the second week, most top programs opted to schedule a couple of buy games to kick off their campaigns. As a result, the first week saw plenty of blowouts, very few notable wins and only a couple of top-25 losses (we're looking at you, Villanova, Tennessee and Oregon).
But the coming week will more than make up for it: Champions Classic on Tuesday, Gonzaga at Texas on Wednesday, Baylor vs.