A Tour Through Tuesday's Box Scores

#7 Oklahoma State 101, #11 Memphis 80. The marquee matchup of a busy Tuesday night quickly turned into the Marcus Smart Show. After the first 11 minutes of this game, Oklahoma State had 29 points and Smart had 24 of them. By the end of the rout, he had 39 points on 11-of-21 shooting, five three-pointers, five steals and 16 trips to the free throw line. Considering that Smart's biggest weakness as a freshman was his shooting, this was not an insignificant performance. If this is who Smart is now, then Oklahoma State is a darkhorse national champion contender. Memphis, meanwhile, can't be taken seriously until further notice. The program probably hasn't beaten a notable team since John Calipari left.

#2 Kansas 86, Iona 66. On a roster with at least three future first-round draft picks, Perry Ellis is Kansas's best player right now. He's 21-for-29 from the field with 24 rebounds through three games, and his face kinda looks like Joakim Noah's. Oh, and Joel Embiid is a seven-foot freshman center who just made all seven of his shots from the field in his third-ever college game, so yeah, he might be someone to keep half an eye on.

(This is the same team that also has Andrew Wiggins. This is a good team.)

#3 Louisville 87, Hartford 48. Louisville's fourth blowout in four tries this season. It's clear that there are about five teams in the uppermost tier of college basketball, and the Cardinals are one of them, along with Michigan State, Kansas, Kentucky, and Duke. But because Louisville was the only team among those five that didn't participate in the Champions Classic, these guys are somehow flying under the radar despite their status as defending champions. It'll probably stay that way for a few more weeks until they travel to Kentucky on December 28th for what should be an epic, hyped-up showdown.

#6 Duke 83, East Carolina 74. Jabari Parker does literally everything for this team. He's the go-to scorer, the leading rebounder, the quarterback on fast breaks -- and down the stretch in this game, he played center, and blocked six shots. Playing in the same frontcourt as Rodney Hood, and surrounded by more shooters than you can count, Parker is leading this offense towards a nasty-good season.

#5 Arizona 87, Rhode Island 59. Arizona is on the cusp of becoming the sixth team on that upper tier. There are a lot of unknowns here, though. Out of the seven guys playing significant minutes, two are freshmen, three are sophomores coming off inconsistent freshman seasons, and one is a transfer from Duquesne. They've already beaten San Diego State on the road, but a potential match-up with Duke in the finals of the NIT Season Tip-Off would be a helpful gauge of how strong this team really is.

#12 Wisconsin 103, North Dakota 85. This game is a perfect indicator of how the new NCAA rules are improving scoring totals -- because it's the first time Wisconsin has scored 100 points since, amazingly, 1995. Somebody named Frank Kaminsky set a new Wisconsin school record for points with 43 on 16-of-19 shooting. And in case you were wondering: yes, the Wisconsin basketball player named "Frank Kaminsky" looks exactly like you imagine he would: