Anthony Davis is converting 67 percent of his 2-point attempts, with the majority of his touches coming off cuts, offensive rebounds, fast-breaks, and pick-and-rolls.

According to Synergy Sports Technology, only 20 percent of Davis’ offense comes off post-up, spot-up or isolation plays.

Davis is shooting just 27 percent on jumpshots while connecting on 71 percent of his free throw attempts.

With 16 blocks over his last two games, Jeff Withey of Kansas has overtaken Anthony Davis as the leader in block percentage from the major conferences at 15.01%.

Withey blocked nine shots in Monday’s win against Kansas State. He also blocked nine shots in December against Long Beach State. Withey has blocked three or more shots in just 12 of his 26 games, while Davis has three or more blocks in 24 of his 26 games. 

Rhamel Brown of Manhattan and William Mosley of Northwestern State each have higher block percentages than Withey and Davis.

Anthony Stover of UCLA is blocking 5.97 shots per 36 minutes, but averages just 8.8 minutes per game. Davis ranks second in that category at 5.55 blocks.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 13 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Kentucky beat Florida on Tuesday night, continuing a trend of big-game performances against ranked opponents.

Calipari sees similarities between Kidd-Gilchrist and Derrick Rose.

"He reminds me of Derrick Rose," Calipari said. "He's tougher on himself than I am on him. Like he came running over during the game and says to me, 'Coach, I'm sorry.' I said, 'Stop, just have fun and go play.'"

Austin Rivers admires Kobe Bryant's ability to use perceived slights as motivation.

"I envy him," Rivers said of Bryant. "I really look up to him more than anybody else. He plays (ticked) off. He finds things to motivate him, and he doesn't change."

Mike Krzyzewski said everyone can learn from Bryant’s approach to the game.

"I think everybody's a little bit better if they have a purpose," Krzyzewski said. "Whether you call that a chip, an energy, a passion. ... I think a Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan had a chip in their heart. It was embedded in them."

Rivers has long been motivated by the burden of being the son of Celtics coach Doc Rivers.

"I hated it," Rivers said. "I hated it. There's that shadow that you've been born with. I don't think people understand until they get there. People think I had it easy growing up because of my dad. Actually, I have it harder than you because everything I do is (perceived as being) because of him. I don't blame my dad - I look up to my dad. I want to be like him, only better."

Iona has received the best shot of every MAAC foe this season, most recently defeating Manhattan by an 85-73 final which was for first place.

“We love it. That’s the attention we want,” Scott Machado said. “We go into every game like we did tonight, we’ll be fine.”

Iona has had a habit of blowing big leads.

“We can’t take a night off,” head coach Tim Cluess said. “Everyone’s shooting at us. There’s a lot of energy, and so teams are going to play well against us.”