It is a top-25 Big Ten battle as Purdue faces Oregon. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Purdue-Oregon prediction and pick. Purdue comes into the game at 14-4 on the year.

Zach Freemantle had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Xavier hung on in the final seconds to beat No. 7 Marquette 59-57 to earn its third straight victory while snapping the Golden Eagles’ six-game ...

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings: As of the morning of Jan. 27 Creighton: No. 34 Nebraska: No. 32 Omaha: No. 261 Creighton: No. 39 Nebraska: No. 63 Omaha: No. 202 Manage Omaha Subscription Activate Digital Subscription

The road to Gainbridge Fieldhouse was mapped out Sunday with the IHSAA girls basketball sectional and regional draw. Here are the statewide pairings for sectional play, which begins Feb. 4. Sectional 49. Bowman Academy (7): Bowman Academy, Kouts, Marquette Catholic, Morgan Township, Tri-Township, Washington Township, Westville

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team fell remained No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25, but fell two spots to No. 15 in the USA Today coaches poll.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

While the Crimson Tide moved up to a No. 1 seed, Tennessee fell to a No. 2 seed, joining Kentucky and Marquette. Michigan State also joined the 2-line after it held on to beat No. 19 Illinois on ...

It is a WCC battle as we continue our College Basketball odds series with a Santa Clara-Oregon State prediction and pick.

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

After another big victory against a highly ranked team, no team can match the season Auburn is having. It was also a big weekend for Houston.

Auburn and Duke remain at the top of the AP men's Top 25 hoops poll, while Texas Tech and Vanderbilt make their poll debuts and UConn clings to the No. 25 spot.