The influence point guard Tyler Ennis has had on Syracuse's 19-0 start suggests he might be the best freshman in the country, surpassing, among others, Kansas forward Andrew Wiggins, the consensus preseason choice as the top freshman.

Ennis and Wiggins have one notable thing in common: They are both Canadian.

So is Anthony Bennett, the No. 1 pick in last year's NBA draft. Wiggins might be the top draft choice this year.

This season, 97 players with Canadian hometowns are on Division I rosters, although many attended American high schools.

Things are different than they were in 1983 when Leo Rautins, who played at Minnesota and Syracuse, became the first Canadian to be taken in the first round of the NBA draft.

And they are different than they were in 1992 when Steve Nash came out of British Columbia as an unknown to play at Santa Clara and later win two NBA MVP awards.

Now a team composed of the best college players from Canada would fare pretty well against a squad of the top college players from the United States. Now there's an idea for a postseason college all-star game.

Here are our picks for first- and second-team all-Canada squads of current college players (followed by college, hometown and pertinent stats). We chose units that could be on the floor together. The fact that Kevin Pangos did not make our first-team backcourt says something. The fact that Baylor's Brady Heslip, Dayton's Dyshawn Pierre and St. Bonaventure's Matthew Wright did not make either team says more.

First team

G - Tyler Ennis, Syracuse; Brampton, Ontario; 12 points, 5.4 assists.

G - Olivier Hanlan, Boston College; Alymer, Quebec; 18.9 points

G - Nik Stauskas, Michigan; Mississauga, Ontario; 18.5 points.

F - Andrew Wiggins, Kansas; Thornhill, Ontario; 15.8 points, 6 rebounds.

F - Melvin Ejim, Iowa State; Toronto; 17.9 points, 7.3 rebounds.

Second team

G - Kevin Pangos, Gonzaga; Newmarket, Ontario; 16.3 points, 4.2 assists.

G - Daniel Mullins, New Mexico State; Toronto; 17.0 points.

F - Khem Birch, UNLV; Montreal; 11.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.6 blocks.

F - Dwight Powell, Stanford; Toronto; 14.3 points, 7.8 rebounds.

C - Jordan Bachynski, Arizona State; Calgary, Alberta; 12 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.4 blocks.

-- Trivia question: Which college has the most former players currently serving as Division I head coaches? (Answer below.)

-- Zero is the number of note this week:

0 - Losses by three teams: Wichita State, Arizona and Syracuse.

0 - Before this season, the times since the turn of the millennium that more than two Division I teams were unbeaten as of Jan. 28.

0 - Division I teams that were unbeaten at this time last season, as well as in 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2003, 2002 and 2000.

0 - Current top-five teams that rank in the top 90 nationally in scoring offense. No. 2 Syracuse and No. 3 Florida rank 184th and 176th, respectively, in scoring.

0 - Current top-five teams that rank outside the top 11 nationally in scoring defense. No. 5 San Diego State ranks tied for first in fewest points allowed, No. 1 Arizona is fourth and No. 4 Syracuse is sixth. Old-school basketball? You bet. San Diego State head coach Steve Fisher is 68 years old and Syracuse's Jim Boeheim is 69. (Southern Methodist, coached by 73-year-old Larry Brown, is tied with San Diego State for the Division I lead in field-goal-percentage defense.)

0 - Syracuse players who rank among the top 12 in the Atlantic Coast Conference in either scoring or rebounding.

0 - Arizona players who rank among the top 10 Pac-12 players in minutes played.

0 - Times Clemson has beaten North Carolina in their 57 games in Chapel Hill, N.C., dating back to the first meeting in 1926. Only nine of those games were decided by single-digit margins, and the Tar Heels won 26 of them by 20 points or more.

-- Trivia answer: Princeton. Seven former Tigers players are Division I head coaches: Craig Robinson (Oregon State), John Thompson III (Georgetown), Sydney Johnson (Fairfield), Chris Mooney (Richmond), Joe Scott (Denver), Mike Brennan (American), Mitch Henderson (Princeton).