Morning News: Oh, Bruce Weber. Talking UConn/Indiana, Michigan/FSU And UMass/New Mexico.

Kansas State fans agree with you, Bruce.

Game Of The Night: #18 UConn 59, Indiana 58 There were approximately 750 lead changes in this game, which at times turned into a fascinating duel between Yogi Ferrell and Shabazz Napier. Ferrell's shooting stroke has really improved since last season, and with Noah Vonleh in foul trouble he was basically Indiana's entire offense. Meanwhile, Shabazz did what Shabazz does: combine ankle breaking/jaw dropping crossover moves with idiotic turnovers. It's always fun, even if it's not always efficient. Napier had 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting here, but also had 7 turnovers.

While a one point victory doesn't say a lot about one team versus the either, it felt like this game should have had a bigger margin. UConn had been a really good shooting team this season (47.8% on threes entering this game), but they were ice cold much of the night. Indiana, as expected, struggled with UConn's big front line. In the end, I think these teams were who we thought they were. UConn didn't let Indiana off the hook, though.

Florida State's Defense Impresses Again Florida State fans are understandably upset after their gut-punch overtime loss to Michigan. But the silver lining is that the FSU defense again looked strong. Remember that Florida State's defense was pretty miserable last season, finishing only 10th in the ACC in defensive efficiency. But after being the most consistently dominant defense in the nation from 2008 through 2012, Leonard Hamilton appears to be putting the pieces together for his next defensive juggernaut.

The key, as it was from 2008 to 2012, is size and shot blocking in the paint. Players like Boris Bojanovsky and Michael Ojo have taken on expanded roles and have made Florida State's defense formidable again. That said... they've got a ways to go to be as good as the 2010-2011 teams, and they still lack a go-to scorer on offense. Florida State is missing Michael Snaer more than Michigan is missing Trey Burke.

Speaking of Burke and Michigan, I've talked recently about how Michigan was lacking a go-to scorer. It appears they've found one - Nik Stauskas. Stauskas has really improved his aggressiveness and ball handling, and has looked like the best offensive player in the Big Ten so far this season. It's looking awfully dumb that the Big Ten put two Michigan players on their preseason All-Big Ten first team and neither of them was Stauskas.

UMass Looking Like A Tourney Team New Mexico just got run off the floor in the second half by UMass in this 81-65 loss. Even 32 points from Alex Kirk were not enough as Kendall Williams was bottled up (13 points, 7 turnovers) and UMass again dominated the offensive glass. The Minutemen have been really efficient offensively (1.11 PPP against a tough schedule), and are now 5-0 with wins over New Mexico, Boston College, LSU and Nebraska. At this point, they certainly look like a Tournament team.

New Mexico has underwhelmed at the Charleston Classic. They needed a miracle to get past UAB in double overtime and then lost here. They will get one more game, but it will be against Davidson, so even a big win won't really matter much (Davidson just got smoked by Clemson by 31 points). The good news is that they have a tough schedule with plenty of quality opponents even before they get into Mountain West play (Kansas, Cincinnati and Marquette). The bad news is that their defense isn't yet playing well enough to win any of those games.

Oh, Bruce Weber Apparently the cure for Georgetown's troubles was a game against Kansas State. This game was never competitive as the Hoyas cruised to a 90-63 victory. I've joked about this before, but Bruce Weber should follow Frank Martin everywhere... for a year. Martin is a great recruiter, but despite his famous on-court scowls he's a terrible game manager. His teams are always sloppy and fundamentally un-sound. When Bruce Weber showed up last season he did what he always does - he reduced turnovers, improved rebounding, took away threes defensively, etc. Frank Martin's players over-performed with Weber as their coach.

But we all remember how the Bruce Weber era went at Illinois, and the process was sped up at Kansas State with the transfer out of Angel Rodriguez. Weber just doesn't have a team with enough talent, and they've been brutal in the early going this season, falling to Northern Colorado and Charlotte and getting wiped away here. They are now 2-3 overall, and have plummeted out of the Top 100 of both Pomeroy and the Sagarin PREDICTOR.

Georgetown will get a good test tomorrow against VCU, in their final game in Puerto Rico. I'm willing to believe that the Northeastern loss was a fluke, but Georgetown will have to play well more than once to convince me. Ball handling has been mediocre for JTIII's team so far this season (turnovers on 18.0% of possessions), and poor ball handling can destroy a team facing #HAVOC.