But someone is opening eyes at the next level.

Devin Ebanks, F, West Virginia
After getting off to a slow start, the super freshman turned in a pair of 17-rebound performances in the past week. Offensively, Ebanks has been struggling, so he’s turned it up on the defensive end. He absolutely hounded Stephen Curry in the game versus Davidson and showed a lot of promise, even offensively. He needs to settle down on the offensive end and let the game come to him, but defensively he’s turned a lot of heads the past week.

Entirely premature at this point, but the fact remains he’s devoted himself to defense and rebounding — ie, staying on the floor — as his offense comes around. That can’t and won’t be overlooked. Let’s see how he develops and/or preserves his frame as the season progresses. If he’s doing 15 and 12 in February, be worried. Then again, you may be distracted by a ranked team prepping for March.