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Duke vs. Michigan State This was the most hyped up matchup of the day, with the top 2 teams in the country facing off against each other.  I thought this game lived up, even when potential number one pick in next year's draft in Marvin Bagley III went out for the game early with a painful looking eye injury.  Duke controlled the glass in this one, out-rebounding Michigan St 46-34 and also won the the turnover battle, forcing 17 and making only 9.  I was really surprised by the turnover numbers particularly, as Duke has a really young team, with two young guards, Gary Trent, Jr. and Trevon Duval, who I figured would be prone to making turnovers, to go along with Grayson Allen, who has averaged at least 2 turnovers a game in back to back seasons.  Allen was really impressive scoring the basketball, and was basically unstoppable scoring the basketball at times, but his 37 point game was inflated by some late game free throws and a couple of poor defensive plays by MSU...

College basketball is back!!!  My favorite time of the year has returned. Top 25 rankings to be out soon.  Here are my thoughts from some offseason stuff and the slowest first weekend of college basketball in years. 1. FBI Scandal The recent college basketball FBI scandal was by far the biggest story of the offseason.  10 people were indicted because of corruption in college basketball, including 5 assistant coaches, from power programs such as Arizona, Oklahoma State, Miami, etc.  The biggest impact thus far has been the firing of Rick Pitino, Louisville's coach and one of the most respected coaches nationwide.  This scandal has really put a damper on the beginning of the season, at least for me, especially when players like Collin Sexton, De'Anthony Melton and Jeffery Carroll are suspended indefinitely due to allegations related to the scandal (on a side note, why is the NCAA basically the only place where people are guilty until proven innocent? ...