Believe it or not, but we're already hitting the final month of college basketball's regular season.
We know, it's crazy. Time goes by so quickly, yada, yada, yada.
Anyways, what the calendar turning to February usually means is that the college basketball picture is starting to take shape as March Madness inches steadily closer.
What's clear in the land of the American Conference -- which geographically speaking is about 60 percent of the country -- is that this is a much better conference than most anticipated.
Sure, the arrival of Wichita State and its nationally renowned program was supposed to bring a greater degree of respect to the conference.