Show us a bandwagon and we'll jump aboard here at ESPN.com, but this year we caught a break: The bandwagons came to us.

Entering this week, there were only four undefeated teams remaining in Division I men's basketball, and what do you know? All four were in the East.

Along with Connecticut, which we believed just might be the best team in the country, the other three perfect teams entering the week were from the ACC: Clemson, Duke and Wake Forest, in alphabetical order.

Four became three Sunday night when Duke evicted Clemson 89-71, and the number of unbeatens fell again Tuesday night as UConn went down 73-63 at the hands of Oklahoma. By week's end, there will be only one unbeaten.

Somebody definitely will lose Sunday night in Durham when Wake Forest visits No. 1 Duke. The Blue Devils stayed perfect with their hard-fought 93-86 victory over Georgetown on Wednesday.

The Sooners are winning with textbook basketball. They allow just 59.8 points per game, convert 74.3 percent of their free throws, win the rebounding battle by 8.9 boards per game, and force five more turnovers than they commit.

Tuesday's game came on the one-year anniversary of the Sooners' 69-67 victory at Hartford, where Oklahoma's Ebi Ere broke a 67-all tie with a short jumper with 16 seconds left. The game ended when Ben Gordon's three-pointer at the buzzer missed.

The next big thing in college big men might be freshman Eric Williams of Wake Forest, a solar eclipse who is conservatively listed at 6-foot-9, 270 pounds. His numbers this season also are somewhat conservative -- 12.2 points, 6.8 rebounds -- but when he gets conditioning, footwork and confidence to go with his size and skill, look out below.

"Pretty soon you won't be talking to me about me," says Wake Forest All-America candidate Josh Howard. "You'll be asking me about (Williams)."

In the meantime, the Deacons have been winning with offensive balance and unreal rebounding. Howard (16 points, 7.9 rebounds per game) is one of five double-digit scorers, and with Williams and Vytas Danelius (12.4 points, 8.2 rebounds), he helps the Deacons to a plus-15 rebounding edge. That's not plus-1.5 ... that's plus-15.

That could be trouble for Duke on Sunday, though the Blue Devils have won the last 13 games in the series. The Blue Devils don't have any one rebounder who is as ferocious on the boards as Danelius, Howard or Williams, although the Deacons don't have any one shooter who is as potent as Duke freshman J.J. Redick. But then, who does?

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski says Redick could be the best shooter in Duke history, and he has been saying that since before Redick had even played in his first game. Nothing in the first eight games of the season suggests Krzyzewski was going overboard. Redick leads the Blue Devils with 16 points per game, and he is shooting 41.5 percent from 3-point range.

"It's fun playing with J.J.," says Duke point guard Chris Duhon, who owes many of his 7.6 assists per game to Redick. "Get him the ball and let him shoot."

It has been fun getting to this point for the last unbeatens left standing. None has had to rally to win in the final seconds, or even the final minute. Wake Forest had a close call, though, beating Richmond by six points.

Wake Forest has tasted defeat this season, an 80-75 loss to EA Sports -- which came into the game with a 6-7 record -- in the team's final exhibition.

"It gave us a wake-up call," says Deacons guard Taron Downey.

Brrrring! The bell tolls for someone this week.

Games of the Week

St. Bonaventure at Xavier Saturday Bonnies put their speed against the muscle of Xavier's David West. North Carolina at Virginia Saturday The Cavaliers have a huge inside advantage against the Tar Heels, but will they be disciplined enough to exploit it? Missouri at Syracuse Monday Check out two of the best Division I newcomers, Missouri point guard Ricky Clemons and Syracuse forward Carmelo Anthony, in one of the more entertaining-looking matchups of the season.

Temple Rising Out Of Rubble
That can't be ... no, it is ... Temple?

After their typical slow start caused by their atypical youth (three freshmen start) and typically brutal non-conference schedule, the Owls have beaten Indiana and now George Washington in the past two weeks, dusting off the Colonials 68-65 in the Atlantic 10 opener for both.

Maybe John Chaney knew what he was doing when he scheduled an unholy six consecutive road games -- at Wake Forest, South Carolina, Charlotte, Penn, Penn State and Illinois. The Owls lost five of those games, but then returned home and beat Indiana. Now, after losses to Villanova and Wisconsin, the 3-8 Owls are off to a 1-0 start in conference play after beating what could be one of the better teams in the league in George Washington.

"One of the promising things that has happened to us is that, having thrown our guys into the fire, they've stood up pretty strong in parts of every one of the tough games we've played," Chaney says. "But we're about a year away. The freshmen (will be) good for five minutes, and then you're looking at five minutes of mayhem."

If the Owls get to the postseason with that start and this roster, it truly would be one of Chaney's more amazing coaching jobs. His team can't shoot (38.4 percent from the field), pass (a negative assist-to-turnover ratio) or rebound (minus-6.8 rebounding per game).

Additionally, the Owls have no point guard (David Hawkins, bless him, is a great scorer but not a great floor leader), no flexibility (the same five players have started every game) and until the George Washington game, no center.

Keith Butler, the object of an intriguing recruiting battle, came into the GW game averaging 2.2 points and 3.5 rebounds. The 6-11 freshman haunted the Colonials with eight points, six rebounds and five blocked shots, a mini-Okaforian performance that could be trouble for the rest of the A-10.

"We're a team for the future," Chaney says, "but not now."

Nah. Apparently, Temple remains an A-10 contender.

Typical.

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