When a team is winning by double-digit margins as routinely as Duke, the players might forget what it's like to be involved in the kind of basket-for-basket battle that comes up in the NCAA Tournament.

But Auburn won again. And Duke looked awesome again. So it ended up being a day to highlight the sport's two best teams led by the sport's two best players -- namely Auburn's Johni Broome and Duke's Cooper Flagg.

FOX Sports college basketball reporter John Fanta reveals his latest top 25 rankings, with Duke, Houston and Michigan State climbing.

Duke zigged when others zagged. It went young rather than old. Instead of stocking up on experienced transfers, the Blue Devils loaded up with high-end, five-star freshmen. It is working wonderfully so far,

Despite Saturday's 43-point win over Illinois, the Duke Blue Devils couldn't take over the top spot in the men's basketball NET rankings.