Friday Look Ahead: Forget Sampson, we have an epic battle to watch

Player trying to get rolling: DeAndre Jordan began the season making 30-of-35 field goal attempts. That's 85.7 percent, which is really, really impressive. But Jordan was less than impressive in Texas A&M's loss to Texas this week while making just 3-of-10 field goal attempts. That's 30 percent, which is really, really unimpressive. And the talented freshman must be better if the Aggies are to break a two-game losing streak Saturday against Nebraska.

Three things you should know before you go (about No. 1 vs. No. 2)

1. This Memphis-Tennessee match-up is the first between a No. 1 team and a No. 2 team from the same state since 1998.

2. The leading scorers for both teams are named Chris. Memphis has Chris Douglas-Roberts (17.9 points per game). Tennessee has Chris Lofton (15.4 points per game).

3. Though this is two Tennessee institutions, only three of the 10 players expected to start are actually from the state of Tennessee. They are the Vols' Tyler Smith (Pulaski), the Vols' Wayne Chism (Bolivar) and the Vols' JaJuan Smith (Cleveland). UT's other two starters are from Kentucky (Lofton) and Michigan (Ramar Smith) while Memphis' starters are from Illinois (Derrick Rose), Michigan (Douglas-Roberts), Massachusetts (Antonio Anderson), Georgia (Robert Dozier) and Maryland (Joey Dorsey).

Final thought: You know who I feel worst for in this Indiana debacle?

Vanderbilt fans.

And Washington State fans.

And Virginia Commonwealth fans.

Because it's likely Indiana is coming after one of your coaches.

So I'd advise all of you to enjoy these final moments before a possible change at the top.