Ten for Ten, Week 1: First impressions

Ten for Ten is a weekly Big Ten basketball column. Every week, Adam and Donovan will tackle 10 of the biggest questions buzzing around the league and keep tabs on the conference’s best players, coaches and teams.

And we’re off.

College basketball tipped off in Rome — the Eternal City — at 8:30 a.m. CST on Sunday, and since then it hasn’t stopped rolling. There were 182 Division I games on Monday, featuring overtime classics like Saint Mary’s 90-85 win over Illinois State and utter domination like No. 7 Texas’ 109-59 thumping of Chicago State.

The Big Ten saw its fair share of drama, too, with 17 teams kicking off their seasons this week (Per usual, what are you doing, Rutgers?). No. 22 UCLA…