The road is a monster. It swallows teams whole once conference play begins.
Fine, that's an exaggeration. But the switch from December's neutral-site games in warm locations and nonconference home matchups against teams without postseason ambitions to January's gritty road games in conference play is always, for some, a big shock.
On Saturday alone, four top-15 teams -- Kansas, Kentucky, Florida State and Nevada -- suffered losses on the road. Michigan State, tied 72-72 with 4 minutes, 39 seconds to play at Ohio State, left Columbus with a victory only after a strong finish.
Here's what we learned after Saturday's slate.