The full throttle impact of conference play in men's college basketball is spread out before us and it's evident that versatility is a key to success. There are surprises among the ACC as teams rise to the top of the standings but will they stay there? Are they for real? Then there are the teams that should be delivering the goods and whose play is as flat as a pancake. Where's the juice, man?

While we go looking for it let's take a look around at the Division I conferences and talk about the teams that are punching what undoubtedly will be their ticket to the big dance. Will Ojanen takes a look at where we stand at the beginning of the conference schedules and who's making hay.

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Who's the best team in the country right now? Will shares his observations and thoughts. See if you agree. Who are some of the surprise teams that will likely be headed to a bid?

Will pulls some highly opinionated comments out of Jim (not difficult) in regards to one (okay, it's more) team(s) that believe they can buy their way to a college basketball championship (among others sports).

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