Matt's Draft Journal

Nick Mayo, Eastern Kentucky (Photo Credit: Joe Robbins/Getty Images) With the opening week of the newest edition of college basketball complete, the second week opens up with some teams set to play just their second game of the season. Last week's schedule provided a small glimpse of the vast array of talent the country has to offer currently, with this week of contests allowing for fans to further familiarize themselves and bring into focus a few teams and players who are to be featured in the near future. Set to be played over the next few days are some intriguing contests that will provide an early season platform for an incoming class of freshman who has already had flashes of brilliance across the country and reveal the rise of those returning players on the scene this season. With college basketball in it's infancy stages of their new calendar, chiefly, non-conference competition will dominate the schedule, with some programs customarily getting their feet wet