Tournaments from Las Vegas to the Bahamas played around the Thanksgiving holiday offer a feast of top nonconference games.

The college basketball season really hits its stride during feast week. The first few weeks of the season are typically not competitive matchups, outside of a few, but when Thanksgiving rolls around the marquee matchups start to come out and the wheat is separated from the chaff.

From the Maui Invitational to the new Players Era Festival, here is what you need to know to gorge on basketball for the next week-plus.

Five things you need to know from No. 9 Kentucky’s 108-59 win over Jackson State in men’s NCAA college basketball at Rupp Arena on Friday night: 1. Kentucky’s remarkable balance. At halftime, UK had played 10 players all between six and 14 minutes.