Quick, take a picture of the Atlantic Coast Conference basketball standings. We might not see this again for a long time.
North Carolina is last -- that's 15th place in the expanded ACC -- with an uncharacteristic 0-3 record.
Duke isn't much better. The Blue Devils are 1-2, one of eight ACC teams with that mark.
Of course, it is early in the conference season.
Don't forget, Duke is building around 6-foot-8 freshman Jabari Parker, who broke the heart of Michigan State coach Tom Izzo when he signed with the Blue Devils. Parker averages 19.5 points per game.
And those 0-3 Tar Heels are the same team that posted an impressive victory at MSU this season.

How high can John Beilein climb?

The 60-year-old men's basketball coach signed a contract extension at Michigan on Wednesday. He is signed to coach the Wolverines through the 2018-19 season.

Beilein is fourth on the Michigan coaching victories list with 122 at the school.

Johnny Orr leads with 209, followed by Bill Frieder with 191 and Steve Fisher with 181.

Beilein just finished his sixth season as the Wolverines' coach. He led U-M to the national championship game.

Michigan has averaged 20 wins per season under Beilein.

Detroit Mercy believes it has found a player who will help compensate for the departures of Doug Anderson and Nick Minnerath.

The Titans have signed 6-foot-8 Patrick Onwenu of Highland Park Community College. Onwenu went to Southfield High.

“He is a very athletic player who can score, rebound, and block shots and comes from a winning program,” Titans coach Ray McCallum said. “He is also local student of the game that is capable of stepping out to the perimeter to make 3s, which is a big asset in this league.”

Onwenu earned NJCAA Division I All-America Honorable Mention for the 2012-13 season after averaging 17.5 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 4.2 blocked shots per game to help the Cougars to the regular season Arrowhead Conference title with a 23-7 overall record and to the Region IV semifinals. He was also named the All-Arrowhead Conference and Region IV Player of the Year along with finishing fourth in the nation in blocked shots. 

“We are losing two of the most athletic players in the Horizon League in Doug Anderson and Nick Minnerath and he definitely brings both an offensive and defensive presence to the floor,” McCallum said.

University of Detroit Mercy 2012-2013 men's basketball post-season awards:

Ray McCallum Jr. won the Robert Calihan Most Valuable Player Award after a standout junior campaign. The point guard led the team in scoring, assists and steals for the third straight season and became just the 11th Titan to surpass 1,600 points in a career. McCallum was named the Horizon League Player of the Year along with earning All-First Team recognition after averaging 18.7 points per game, which ranked 35th nationally. McCallum also earned Lute Olson All-America Team honors and a place on the NABC District 12 First Team. The junior was the first Titan to earn All-American honors since Willie Green in 2003.

Junior Evans Bruinsma won the Dave DeBusschere Most Improved Award. The forward averaged 21.5 minutes per game off the bench while averaging 5.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Bruinsma started the last six games of the season for the Titans and averaged 7.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, including 15 points against Wright State in the Horizon League semifinals. 

Bruinsma was also tapped the William Ebben Academic and Athletic Excellence Award winner for the second straight season, while Ugochukwu Njoku earned the Frank R. Gerbig, Sr. Sportsmanship Award honors. Njoku played in every game in his first season with the Titans and finished tied for the team lead with 20 blocked shots.

Sophomore forward Juwan Howard Jr. collected the Norm Swanson Top Newcomer Award. Howard started the first 27 games of the season and averaged 10.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game, before an injury sidelined him for the final two weeks. The Western Michigan transfer finished fifth on the team in scoring and scored a season-high 18 points against then-No. 3 and eventual Final Four finalist Syracuse. Howard also scored the Titans first 11 points against Toledo, before finishing with 16 points and six rebounds.

The Larry Doyle Most Dedicated Titan Award went to senior Nick Minnerath for a second straight year. He returned from a season-ending knee injury to have his best season. The senior forward was named to the All-Horizon League First Team and finished fifth in the league in scoring with 14.6 points while also leading the Titans on the boards with 5.9 rebounds per game. 

The Most Courageous Award went to junior guard Jason Calliste, who led the Titans in 3-point field goals made (73) and free throw shooting percentage (83.4), while finishing second on the team with 44 steals and third in scoring with 14.4 points per game. 

Year-end award winners:

Robert Calihan MVP: Ray McCallum
John R. Kirwan Leading Scorer: Ray McCallum
Dave DeBusschere Most Improved: Evan Bruinsma
Frank R. Gerbig, Sr. Sportsmanship: Ugochukwu Njoku
William Ebben Academic and Athletic Excellence: Evan Bruinsma
Norm Swanson Top Newcomer: Juwan Howard, Jr.
Larry Doyle Most Dedicated Titan: Nick Minnerath

Most Courageous Award: Jason Calliste

Most Assists:  Ray McCallum
Most Deflections: Ray McCallum
Most Charges:  Nick Minnerath
Top Defensive Player:  Nick Minnerath
Highest FG percentage: Doug Anderson

Highest FT Percentage: Jason Calliste

1,000-Point Recognition: Ray McCallum (1,618) and Jason Calliste (1,107)

CHRIS COLLINS

The average age of the Big Ten men's basketball coaches is going down.
Minnesota replaced 61-year-old Tubby Smith with Richard Pitino, who is 30.
Northwestern hired Chris Collins, whose 39th birthday is this
month, to replace Bill Carmody, who was 61 when the Wildcats fired him.

Detroit Mercy has an opportunity to look into making a bold move for the future of its men's basketball program.
The basketball-centric schools of the Big East Conference, including Villanova and St. John's, have talked about splitting from the league after football-driven arrivals and departures of other schools.
The Titans, who are in the Horizon League, should at least look at the possibility of joining forces with the likes of DePaul and Marquette to form a basketball-strong league.
There was a buzz 30 years ago about U-D hooking up with city schools like DePaul, Marquette and St. Joseph's.
What goes around comes around.
Opportunity has come to Detroit.