Most surprising conference: Mid-American. The MAC is known much more for a midweek football schedule and creative arena-christening music videos than for any historical basketball prowess. But the MAC had a November worthy of the Stroh Center Rap. Consider the big wins: Ohio won at Marshall, a solid C-USA outfit, and nearly took down Louisville in the Yum! Akron won at Mississippi State and dominated Detroit. Kent State won at West Virginia. Buffalo beat the Dayton Flyers -- your 2011-12 Old Spice Classic champions -- 84-55 on the road Wednesday night. And speaking of the "Stroh Center Rap," Bowling Green topped Temple. That's as many high-quality wins as the MAC has had in years, and they all came in one month. Even weirder? They all came from the same MAC division, the East. Combine this with Ohio State's early dominance, Cleveland State's win at Vandy and Xavier's impressive play, and it was quite a month for hoops in the great state of Ohio.

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