“Before the game, y’all were talking about how big they are, but we made the plays,” said the 6-foot-1 [Chris] Wright, who gave up 5 inches to [Tyreke] Evans, “so it just goes to show that size isn’t the most important thing in the game.”

DaJuan Summers led the way with 21 points and 7 rebounds with Austin Freeman contributing 18.

• The Vols are can't handle Christmas. Temple pulled off one of the day's two big upsets on the strength of 35 points from Dionte Christmas. The Owls ran away for an 88-72 victory.

• That came out of nowhere. As for the other upset, a pretty crappy UMass team stunned Kansas 61-60 in Lawrence Kansas City. The Jayhawks could never find their shot, and the Minutemen were able to hold out for the win.

• The Buckeyes survive the Bulldogs. Gordon Hayward scored nearly half of Butler's 51 points, but it wasn't enough to get past Ohio State in Columbus. the Buckeyes won it 54-51

• Mid-Majorama. Butler's reign atop the mountain of mid-majors took a serious blow last night when Drake (ed. note: Love the Drake!) upended the Bulldogs 71-64. Josh Young led the way for Drake with 25 points.

• Kansas State has two players. Holy crap! Michael Beasley blew up for 44 and 13 while Bill Walker did his thing with 31 and 11, but Kansas State lost. Yes, apparently Baylor's entire roster of basketball playing student athletes was enough to trump State's two dominant forces by a score of 92-86. Yep, the rest of the Wildcat roster contributed just 11 points on 18 shots.

• Bayless is God. Freshman deity Jerryd Bayless dropped 20 points in the second half against Wazzu to carry Arizona to a huge win. Chase Buddinger scored 22 and the Wildcats are looking more like a legitimate tournament team despite some injury concerns.

• Kansas blows. That is all.

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• A&M's looking pretty crappy. Another strong start to the season for the Aggies has come to an abrupt halt in the last week. Since starting 15-1 they've now lost back-to-back conference games to Texas Tech and, most recently, Kansas State. Michael Beasley and Bill Walker didn't dominate the boards as you'd expect (they combined for 8 and they came in averaging 18) but their offensive efforts were more than enough to carry Wildcats to an easy 75-54 win.

• Regular season dominance. Kansas was tested by their neighbors from Missouri but they escaped with their undefeated record in tact after a 76-70 win. Stefhon Hannah put up a line of 23/6/4 but none of his teammates scored more than ten points. Brandon Rush struggled for the Jayhawks (2-14 shooting) but they were able to overcome the weak individual performance with a balanced team effort. I can't wait to bet against this team in the Elite 8.

• Yep, that's a ridiculous record. George Mason's Dre Smith was a perfect 10-10 from the land of triples in a win over their "rivals" from James Madison. Impressive.

• It's just one game, people. Terps win, Heels cry and sing songs around the campfire.

According to many of the gathered media members, at least one of them shit their diaper.

• Ducks Fly Together! Malik Hairston (29 points) was unstoppable for Oregon who bested Arizona in Eugene for the second consecutive season. Without injured freshmen phenom Jerry Bayless the Wildcats didn't have enough firepower, or perimeter defense to handle the Ducks onslaught of jump shooting. Chase Budinger led all scorers with 30. The final of 84-74 left both teams with records of 10-4 (1-1).

• Jayhawks Rule Regular Season. Kansas remained unbeaten with an easy win over a Boston College team that looked completely out of sorts. Darnell Jackson had 25 and 9 with Darrell Arthur contributing 22 and 7. Al Skinner set the tone for the Eagles by opening his mouth really really wide to yell at people. Kansas sure looks great when you start to forget that Bill Self is pulling the strings.

• Models of Inconsistency. Texas beat another ranked team-although number 24 St. Mary's might not belong up there yet-continuing to confuse everybody who was sort of paying attention. The 81-62 win was their second straight after they dropped two in a row to Big 10 opponents Michigan State and Wisconsin. They've already beaten Tennessee and UCLA at Pauley Pavilion.

• I am incredibly distracted. My Pitt Panthers are just underway at Villanova (on ESPN Plus and 360) in one of today's two games pitting top 25 teams against each other. The other is the 7 pm contest between UNC and Clemson on Fox Sports. This is going to be a tough test for the 13th ranked Panthers who must move ahead without their two injured starters, Levance Fields and Mike Cook.