Kobe Bryant own the most dramatic buzzer beaters in recent memory -- just ask the Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks. But is Bryant the NBA's best when the clock is running down?

According to research by RotoWire's Andre' Snellings, using stats from 82games.com... no, not so much. Says the professor:

LeBron is ridiculous.  Kobe and Carmelo are effective scoring late, but LeBron is by far the best clutch scorer in the NBA thus far this season.  Carter is scoring at a similar rate to Kobe and Carmelo, but at a lower percentage.

Read all of Dre's breakdown at RotoSynthesis.

As of December 18th, there are eleven remaining unbeaten teams in college basketball:

• Seton Hall
• Georgetown
• West Virginia
• Syracuse
• Kansas
• Texas
• Texas Tech
• Kentucky
• Purdue
• New Mexico
• Missouri State

Kansas, Texas, Kentucky, Purdue, Syracuse and West Virginia are the top six teams in the nation, as per the AP poll, and Georgetown (11) is highly-regarded. Texas Tech (16) and New Mexico (19) have started getting respect from the voters. As for the Pirates and Bears -- the weak schedules they've played thus far (Seton Hall's schedule is ranked 255th in the nation so far, Missouri State's 134th) have left voters feeling more than a little bit skeptical. Those two are probably the likeliest teams to fall from these ranks next -- though the Hall is about to get reinforcements, with Keon Lawrence (suspension) and Jeff Robinson (transfer) eligible to play this Saturday against Temple.

Ballin' is a Habit breaks down the upcoming schedules of all the unbeatens.

How 'Bout Them Owls

Looking at the unbeaten teams' schedules, one can't help but notice one common theme: lots of these guys play Temple. The Owls put the first blemish on Villanova's record, and just missed knocking off Georgetown, losing 46-45 to the Hoyas early in the season. They'll play undefeated Seton Hall tomorrow and Kansas on January 2nd. It must be fun for Fran Dunphy's team to play the spoiler this early in the season.

That's the sort of non-conference schedule that will look awfully good to the NCAA selection committee.

Bob Knight used John Calipari as an example of everything wrong with college basketball.

Calipari, unsurprisingly, disagrees.

That's some really impressive reporting, right there.

Bob Knight took some shots at Kentucky coach John Calipari while giving a speech at a fundraiser on Thursday, saying:

We've gotten into this situation where integrity is really lacking and that's why I'm glad I'm not coaching. You see we've got a coach at Kentucky who put two schools on probation and he's still coaching. I really don't understand that.

Calipari has taken two schools -- Massachusetts in 1996 and Memphis in 2007 -- to the Final Four. Both visits were stricken from the official record books due to significant NCAA violations involving star players. UMass center Marcus Camby admitted to accepting gifts from a potential NBA agent. At Memphis, it is alleged that star guard Derrick Rose had someone else take his SAT, and that Rose received other improper benefits. The Memphis case is still pending an appeal.

In both cases, Calipari left for a new job before the investigations were in full swing; he left UMass for the New Jersey Nets and Memphis for his current gig at UK. He was never personally implicated in either scandal -- but has had trouble shaking the "first rat off a sinking ship" label, given his well-timed departures.

Coach Knight might not be an ideal candidate for "moral compass of college basketball." During his tenures at Army, Texas Tech and , in particular, Indiana, Knight's hot temper and chair-throwing antics generated almost as many controversies as wins. And that's no small feat; he has the most wins in men's Division I college basketball history.

On the other hand, he was always known as a stickler for the rules; none of his teams were ever cited for violations by the NCAA, and he graduated a very high percentage of his players throughout his career.

Getting back to Knight's statement... that he doesn't understand why Calipari is coaching... well, let's go back to sentence one of paragraph three. Cal has taken two schools to the Final Four. In today's NCAA, what else matters?

• Is John Calipari Dirty?