Welcome to the Tuesday Shootaround! Every Tuesday during college basketball season, we'll be holding a roundtable with our writers and editors where we ask the most pressing questions concerning the most recent action and the week ahead. The topics for opening week include Champions Classic x-factors, teams that deserve more hype and the (non-Indianapolis) most compelling games of the week.
Dan Greene: In a game featuring as much youth as Duke-Kentucky, it can feel like just about everything and everyone is an X-factor. But considering the Blue Devils are so reliant on newcomers, the big question will be how ready they are to function as a team out of the gate, a lot of which may come down to how Tre Jones does running the point.