A month of action has unfolded in college basketball's 2018-19 campaign.
The Champions Classic -- where Kansas beat Michigan State, and Duke handed Kentucky's John Calipari the worst loss of his career -- and the Maui Invitational -- where Gonzaga upset the Blue Devils -- established the preliminary hierarchy.
A collection of upsets and early stalls for teams most viewed as contenders prompted other questions about the current landscape, and surprising starts made us wonder if we'd failed to accurately analyze some teams entering the season.
That's why we're here to help you sort through the wheat and the chaff.