North Carolina freshman Ian Jackson, playing in his hometown, poured in a season-high 24 points and RJ Davis made the go-ahead free throw as the Tar Heels rallied past No. 18 UCLA to win 76-74 on Saturday afternoon at the CBS Sports Classic in New York.

• North Carolina (7-5) overcame a 16-point deficit and led just twice -- after the game's first basket and after Davis' free throw with 13 seconds left -- to defeat a ranked opponent for the first time in five tries this season.

  Davis finished with 17 points, while teammate Seth Trimble had 12 points and helped force a key turnover in the final minute.

  Tyler Bilodeau racked up a season-high 26 points, Sebastian Mack scored 22 and Skyy Clark had nine points and four assists for the Bruins (10-2).

  No. 2 Auburn 87, No. 16 Purdue 69

  Johni Broome played through a shoulder injury and recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds to help the Tigers notch a victory over the Boilermakers in a nonconference showdown at Birmingham, Ala.

  Broome made 10 of 15 field-goal attempts and Auburn (11-1) led by as many as 33 points during an easy victory. Tahaad Pettiford had 18 points and five assists and Denver Jones added 15 points for the Tigers, who have won four straight games.

  C.J. Cox scored 16 points and Trey Kaufman-Renn had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Boilermakers (8-4) but missed six of his seven free-throw attempts. Fletcher Loyer had 11 points for Purdue, which lost for the third time in four games.

  Ohio State 85, No. 4 Kentucky 65

  Aaron Bradshaw scored 11 points against his former team in his first game in more than a month to help the Buckeyes upset the Wildcats at Madison Square Garden in New York.

  Bruce Thornton led the Buckeyes (8-4) with 30 points and John Mobley Jr. added 15 as they evened the all-time series at 11-11. Bradshaw missed seven games since Nov. 19 while the university investigated an alleged domestic incident.

  Otega Oweh scored 21 for the Wildcats (10-2). Andrew Carr chipped in 13 points.

  No. 5 Duke 82, Georgia Tech 56

  Kon Knueppel paired 18 points with five assists, helping guide the Blue Devils to a rout of the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta.

  Khaman Maluach added 15 points and eight rebounds, while Cooper Flagg -- on his 18th birthday -- scored 13 points for Duke (10-2, 2-0 ACC), which won its sixth straight game.

  Baye Ndongo led Georgia Tech (5-7, 0-2) with 14 points, and Duncan Powell logged 13. The Yellow Jackets, who have dropped four of five games, shot 36.2 percent from the field.

  No. 7 Florida 99, North Florida 45

  Will Richard scored a game-high 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting to lead the Gators to a comfortable victory over the Ospreys in Gainesville, Fla.

  Florida (12-0) continued what is their second-best start in program history and best since opening the 2005-06 campaign 17-0. That season the Gators won the first of back-to-back national championships.

  Jasai Miles and Liam Murphy each had 13 points to lead North Florida (7-6), which lost its second straight game and third in its past four.

  No. 9 Marquette 72, Xavier 70

  David Joplin scored 15 of his 19 points in the second half to lead the No. 9 Golden Eagles past the Musketeers in Cincinnati.

  Kam Jones had 20 points, including seven clutch points in the final two minutes for Marquette (11-2, 2-0 Big East). Marcus Foster had 16 to lead Xavier while Jerome Hunter added 15 for Xavier (8-5, 0-2).

  After Jones made a free throw with 3.6 seconds left, Ryan Conwell lost his balance just across midcourt as Marquette's Chase Ross made an effort to disrupt his path to the basket. No foul was called as time ran out on Xavier, which lost its third straight, all to Top 25 opponents.

  No. 10 Oregon 76, Stanford 61

  Kwame Evans Jr. led a balanced attack with 13 points, seven teammates added seven or more and the Ducks steamrolled the Cardinal at the San Jose Tip-Off event.

  Oregon (11-1) went on a 27-8 run to finish the first half and take control at 36-19.

  Stanford (9-3) finished the half with just three baskets in its last 16 attempts, mixing in five turnovers. The Cardinal's Maxime Raynaud produced 20 points and 13 rebounds for his nation-leading 10th double-double.

  No. 11 UConn 78, Butler 74

  Alex Karaban scored 21 points and Liam McNeeley added 17 to help the Huskies edge the Bulldogs in Indianapolis for their sixth straight win.

  Butler (7-6, 0-2) got within two in the final minutes, but two 3-pointers from Karaban gave UConn (10-3, 2-0 Big East) a 74-69 edge with 59 seconds to play.

  Andre Screen scored a season-high 17 points to go with 10 rebounds for Butler, which overcame a 16-point deficit to tie the game late. Patrick McCaffery also scored 17.

  No. 13 Gonzaga 86, Bucknell 65

  Graham Ike scored 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Bulldogs defeated the Bison in a nonconference game at Spokane, Wash.

  Ben Gregg came off the bench to score 15 points for the Bulldogs (9-3) and Nolan Hickman had 14, with those two players combining for seven 3-pointers. Point guard Ryan Nembhard added nine points, nine assists and six rebounds.

  Noah Williamson scored 16 points and Josh Bascoe added 14 for the Bison (4-8), who took their sixth consecutive defeat. Jayden Williams put up 10 points.

  No. 15 Houston 87, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 51

  Emanuel Sharp scored 18 points and L.J. Cryer added 17 to lead the Cougars to a victory over the visiting Islanders.

  Terrance Arceneaux made his first start of the season for Houston, tallying 13 points, five rebounds and three assists. Arceneaux had been a key contributor in the sixth-man role for the Cougars (8-3) but got the starting nod after J'wan Thompson was ruled out with a foot injury.

  Garry Clark led Corpus Christi (7-6) with 17 points and nine rebounds, shooting 5 of 11 from the field.

  No. 17 Ole Miss 80, Queens 62

  Sean Pedulla fired in a game-high 25 points and the Rebels pulled away late in the second half for a win over the Royals in Oxford, Miss.

  Pedulla, a transfer from Virginia Tech, canned 9 of 14 shots from the field for the Rebels (11-1), who earned their fifth win in a row.

  Maban Jabriel scored 15 points off the bench to pace Queens (7-6), which committed 21 turnovers.

  No. 20 Michigan State 86, Florida Atlantic 69

  Coen Carr came off the bench to score 17 points and pull down eight rebounds, leading the Spartans past the Owls in East Lansing, Mich.

  Jeremy Fears and Jaden Akins each added 13 points and Jaxon Kohler grabbed 12 rebounds for Michigan State (10-2), which has won eight of its past nine games.

  Tre Carroll scored 24 points off the bench and Baba Miller added 12 points and seven rebounds in defeat for Florida Atlantic (7-6), which couldn't overcome a 4-of-22 shooting performance from 3-point range.

  Mississippi State 79, No. 21 Memphis 66

  Riley Kugel came off the bench to score 19 points and lead the Bulldogs past the host Tigers.

  Mississippi State (11-1) shot 50 percent, 9 of 18, from 3-point range in the first half. The Bulldogs finished with a 41-15 advantage in bench points en route to their fifth straight win.

  PJ Haggerty led Memphis (9-3) with 24 points, and Tyrese Hunter added 19 points.

  No. 23 San Diego State 71, Cal 50

  Nick Boyd bombed in five 3-pointers in a game-high, 17-point performance, Magoon Gwath anchored a relentless defense and the Aztecs shut down the Golden Bears in the nightcap of the four-team San Jose Tip-Off men's basketball showcase.

  BJ Davis and Miles Byrd chipped in with 12 points apiece, while Gwath had six points, a team-high 10 rebounds and three blocks for the Aztecs (8-2), who won their fifth straight.

  Jeremiah Wilkinson, despite 0-for-7 shooting on 3-point attempts, had a team-high 13 points for the Golden Bears (7-5), who lost for the fourth time in their past five games. Andrej Stojakovic, who shot 2-for-12 overall, added 10 points.

  No. 25 Clemson 73, Wake Forest 62

  Five players scored in double figures for the Tigers in a victory over the visiting Demon Deacons.

  Chase Hunter finished with 16 points and went 4 of 7 from 3-point range to lead Clemson (10-3, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) to a bounce-back victory after consecutive overtime defeats. Jake Heidbreder added 15 points for the Tigers.

  Wake Forest (9-4, 1-1) was powered by 26 points from Hunter Sallis, while Cameron Hildreth chipped in 15 points.

  --Field Level Media

Louisiana dismissed Bob Marlin six weeks into his 15th season as the program's head coach on Thursday.

• Assistant coach Derrick Zimmerman will be the interim coach for the remainder of this season while Louisiana (3-9, 1-0 Sun Belt) searches for a new permanent hire.

  "After an ongoing evaluation of our men's basketball program, it was decided a change was necessary," athletic director Bryan Maggard said in a statement. "These decisions are never easy, and this one was not made hastily. I am extremely grateful for the leadership Bob Marlin has provided the past several years. We wish he and his family all the best moving forward."

  The Ragin' Cajuns had won two of their past three games, including a 68-62 decision over Appalachian State on Wednesday to open conference play.

  Marlin, 65, took charge of the program in 2010 following a 12-year run leading Sam Houston. Marlin went 269-198 at Louisiana and guided the program to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and 2023. The Ragin' Cajuns also won two regular-season championships on top of their two Sun Belt tournament titles.

  In 27 years as a Division I head coach, Marlin has gone 225-131 with four NCAA Tournament berths.

  --Field Level Media

Jeremiah Fears converted a four-point play with 11.5 seconds remaining to lift No. 14 Oklahoma over No. 24 Michigan 87-86 at the Jumpman Invitational on Wednesday in Charlotte, N.C.

• Fears, the Sooners' freshman sensation, finished with a career-high 30 points -- 20 in the second half. With Oklahoma (11-0) trailing by three, he came off a screen to drain the game-tying 3-pointer as a foul knocked him off his feet. Fears tacked on the free throw.

  Michigan (8-3) tried to get the ball inside but had to settle for a Tre Donaldson 3-point try with three seconds left. But Donaldson's shot hit off the back of the rim, and while Michigan's Danny Wolf grabbed the rebound, he didn't have time to get a shot off before time expired.

  Vladislav Goldin led Michigan with 26 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the field.

  No. 6 Alabama 97, North Dakota 90

  Grant Nelson recorded 23 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots in his homecoming and Mark Sears also scored 23 points as the Crimson Tide held off the Fighting Hawks at Grand Forks, N.D.

  Labaron Philon added 16 points for Alabama (9-2), which trailed for nearly 21 minutes against inspired North Dakota. Nelson scored the tiebreaking basket with 1:47 left, and Alabama put the game away at the free-throw line.

  Treysen Eaglestaff established career highs of 40 points and eight 3-pointers for the Fighting Hawks (4-9), who have lost four straight games and seven of their past eight. The contest was played in North Dakota due to Nelson, who grew up in tiny Devils Lake, N.D., located 90 miles west of Grand Forks.

  No. 9 Marquette 80, Butler 70

  Kam Jones scored 23 points and added seven rebounds and five assists to lead the Golden Eagles to a win over the Bulldogs in Milwaukee.

  Marquette (10-2, 1-0 Big East) also got 15 points from both Stevie Mitchell, who also led the team with nine rebounds, and David Joplin.

  Jahmyl Telfort and Kolby King each had 16 points for Butler (7-5, 0-1), and Telfort added 10 boards. The Bulldogs took their fourth consecutive loss.

  No. 11 UConn 94, Xavier 89 (OT)

  Tarris Reed Jr. had 20 points and 13 rebounds as the Huskies opened Big East play with an overtime victory against the Musketeers in Hartford, Conn.

  UConn (9-3, 1-0 Big East) received 22 points from Solo Ball. Alex Karaban added 20 points for the Huskies, who have won five in a row since going 0-3 in the Maui Invitational.

  Xavier's Ryan Conwell led all scorers with 23 points. The Musketeers (8-4, 0-1) also got 22 points from Dante Maddox Jr.

  No. 13 Gonzaga 102, Nicholls 72

  Braden Huff scored 25 points on 11-of-12 shooting to help the Bulldogs cruise to a victory over the Colonels at Spokane, Wash.

  Graham Ike added 20 points and Ryan Nembhard had 18 points and 10 assists as the Bulldogs (8-3) broke a two-game slide -- the program's first back-to-back losses since December 2018.

  Byron Ireland recorded 16 points and four steals and Michael Gray Jr. added 14 points for Nicholls (7-5), which had a five-game winning streak snapped.

  No. 15 Houston 78, Toledo 49

  Terrance Arceneaux scored a career-high 16 points while Emanuel Sharp and Joseph Tugler combined for 26 points as the Cougars rolled to a victory over the visiting Rockets.

  The Cougars (7-3) extended their home winning streak to 28 games. Sharp overcame an ankle injury that sent him to the locker room in the opening minute to pair 13 points with five rebounds, while Tugler added 13 points and three blocks.

  Toledo (6-5) has dropped four of five games following a five-game winning streak. Sam Lewis led the Rockets with 14 points.

  No. 21 Memphis 64, Virginia 62

  PJ Haggerty scored 21 of his 27 points in the second half and the Tigers rallied from an 11-point deficit for a win against the Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va.

  Haggerty made 8 of 15 field-goal attempts and 10 of 11 from the free-throw line and the Tigers (9-2) improved to 6-0 against ACC foes under seventh-year coach Penny Hardaway. Dain Dainja added 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Tyrese Hunter chipped in 12 points.

  The Cavaliers (6-5) lost for the first time in six home games this season and fell to 0-4 against ranked opponents. Elijah Saunders scored 15 points and Taine Murray matched his career high with 14.

  --Field Level Media

Chase Hunter had one magical 3-pointer for No. 25 Clemson, but not a second, as Collin Murray-Boyles and South Carolina prevailed 91-88 in an overtime thriller over the visiting Tigers on Tuesday in Columbia, S.C.

• Hunter, who went scoreless in the first half, finished with a game-high 27 points, including a running off-balance three with 0.3 seconds left in regulation to force overtime. With Clemson down three again at the end of overtime, Hunter got the ball near half-court, dribbled toward the top of the key and launched another high-arching shot, but it was off target.

  Murray-Boyles made two free throws to start a 6-0 run that helped the Gamecocks (8-3) pull away in the extra period. He finished with 22 points and nine rebounds to lead South Carolina, while Myles Stute netted 19 points and Nick Pringle scored 18.

  Ian Schieffelin paired 23 points with 12 rebounds for Clemson (9-3) before fouling out with 3:17 left in overtime.

  No. 1 Tennessee 84, Western Carolina 36

  Zakai Zeigler had 10 points, nine assists and a career-high 10 rebounds Tuesday night as the Volunteers remained perfect with a shellacking of the Catamounts in Knoxville, Tenn.

  Tennessee (11-0) went up by 23 at halftime with a stout defense that clamped down on Vermont (3-7) and held the Catamounts without a 2-point field goal in the first half. Chaz Lanier totaled a game-high 19 points to go with seven rebounds, four assists and four steals.

  Bernard Pelote totaled 10 points and seven rebounds for Vermont.

  No. 2 Auburn 100, Georgia State 59

  Chaney Johnson took over for an injured Johni Broome and scored a career-high 26 points to lead the Tigers to a dominant win over the visiting Panthers.

  Chad Baker-Mazara and Denver Jones contributed season highs of 19 and 17 points, respectively, for the Tigers (10-1). Broome exited the game less than 2 1/2 minutes into the contest due to shoulder injury. Coach Bruce Pearl said postgame that Broome is doubtful for the next game, Saturday against No. 16 Purdue in Birmingham, Ala.

  Nick McMullen led Georgia State with 16 boards and 15 points, while Cesare Edwards added 15 points and seven rebounds.

  No. 5 Duke 68, George Mason 47

  Cooper Flagg scored 24 points to lead the Blue Devils to their fifth straight victory, a victory over the Patriots in Durham, N.C.

  Flagg hit 7 of 20 shots and tallied nine rebounds, four assists and three steals to power Duke (9-2), which improved to 7-0 at home. Isaiah Evans was second in scoring for the Blue Devils with nine points.

  Jalen Hayes paced George Mason (7-4) with 18 points on 9-of-19 shooting to go along with seven rebounds. Darius Maddox added 12 points.

  No. 7 Florida 90, North Carolina 84

  Will Richard scored four of his 22 points in the final minute of the game to help the Gators remain undefeated with a victory over North Carolina in the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte, N.C.

  Alijah Martin totaled 19 points, five rebounds and four assists for Florida (11-0) while Walter Clayton Jr. finished with 12 points and six rebounds. Denzel Aberdeen also scored 12 points, and Alex Condon put up nine points and a game-high 10 rebounds.

  RJ Davis led the Tar Heels (6-5), who lost to a Top 10 team for the fourth time this season, with a game-high 29 points and eight rebounds. Elliot Cadeau (seven assists), Seth Trimble (seven rebounds) and Ian Jackson each had 11 points for North Carolina.

  No. 17 Ole Miss 74, Southern 61

  Jaylen Murray scored 18 points as the Rebels held off the Jaguars in Oxford, Miss.

  Jaemyn Brakefield added 15 points and Dre Davis scored 14 for the Rebels (10-1), who earned their fourth consecutive win.

  Southern (5-5) used 13 players and 11 of them scored, but only Derrick Tezeno and Michael Jacobs reached double figures, finishing with 11 each. Tezeno grabbed a team-high seven rebounds.

  No. 18 UCLA 111, Prairie View A&M 75

  Dylan Andrews scored a season-high 21 points to lead five Bruins in double figures, and UCLA remained perfect at home in Los Angeles with a rout of Prairie View A&M.

  UCLA (10-1) ran out to a 12-2 start in the first 3:22 and never trailed while sending Prairie View (1-10) to its 10th straight loss. Each of the Bruins' starting five scored at least eight points, including Tyler Bilodeau with 18 points.

  The Panthers' Jordan Tillmon led all scorers with 24 points. His 6-of-7 3-point shooting off the bench helped Prairie View to a 10-of-21 night from long range. Teammate Nick Anderson added 19 points and eight rebounds before fouling out.

  No. 20 Michigan State 77, Oakland 58

  Sophomore Xavier Booker scored a career-high 18 points to lift the Spartans over the Golden Grizzlies in Detroit.

  Booker shot 5 of 9 overall and hit 3 of 5 from 3-point range while eclipsing his previous high of 12 points. Jaden Akins scored 16 points and Jaxon Kohler had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Michigan State (9-2), which won its fourth game in a row.

  DQ Cole scored 17 points and Malcolm Christie put up 15 for the Golden Grizzlies (3-6), who are 0-23 all-time against Michigan State.

  No. 22 Dayton 66, UNLV 65

  Malachi Smith's three-point play with eight seconds remaining rescued the Flyers in a victory against the visiting Runnin' Rebels.

  Nate Santos scored 14 points, Zed Key had 13, Smith finished with 11 and five assists and reserve Amael L'Etang added 10 in the Flyers' first game of the season as a ranked team. Dayton (10-2) overcame a four-point deficit in the final 1 1/2 minutes to increase its homecourt winning streak to 25 games.

  Dedan Thomas Jr. scored 16 points and Jaden Henley had 15 for UNLV (5-5). Julian Rishwain's fourth 3-point basket of the night with 23 seconds left gave him 12 points.

  --Field Level Media

Auburn forward/center Johni Broome, one of the top players in the country, injured his right shoulder two minutes into the second-ranked Tigers' home game against Georgia State on Tuesday night.

• Broome sat out the remainder of Auburn's 100-59 victory, and it is uncertain if he will miss additional time.

  Coach Bruce Pearl said postgame that Broome is doubtful for the Tigers' Saturday game against No. 16 Purdue in Birmingham, Ala.

  "Obviously, his right shoulder kind of came out. Came right back," Pearl said. "He did it a year ago, so he's had some experience with it. We'll take a look at it (Wednesday) and tell you more, but we hope he's going to be OK."

  After making a layup at one end of the court and blocking a shot at the other, Broome was subbed out for Chaney Johnson. He left for the locker room and during a media timeout, he was seen on the bench in a hoodie with ice on his right shoulder.

  Broome later returned to the bench with his right arm in a sling.

  Johnson would start against the Boilermakers if Broome is unavailable, Pearl said.

  Entering play Tuesday, the 6-foot-10 fifth-year player was leading the country with 12.7 rebounds per game, and he led the Southeastern Conference with 2.8 blocks per contest. He was second in the SEC in scoring (19.7 ppg) while also averaging 3.8 assists per game.

  --Field Level Media

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger agreed to a deal through the 2031-32 season, the school announced Tuesday.

• The third-ranked Cyclones are 9-1 this season after reaching the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last season for the second time in his three full seasons.

  "My family and I love Iowa State University, and the community, and are happy to continue calling it home," Otzelberger said in the news release. "Our fan base is second-to-none and we value their continued support as we continue this journey together."

  Otzelberger, 47, has a 79-36 record with the Cyclones.

  Otzelberger was head coach for South Dakota State for three seasons and UNLV for two before taking the Iowa State job prior to the 2021-22 season.

  Iowa State went 22-13 and reached the Sweet 16 in his first season and then went 19-14 with a first-round NCAA setback the following campaign. Last season, the Cyclones went 29-8 while posting the second-most victories in school history. Iowa State loss to Illinois in the Sweet 16.

  "The complete reimagining of our program under Coach Otzelberger's leadership is a testament to his vision and the plan that he and his staff have successfully implemented," Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard said in a statement. "His continued emphasis on the program's daily habits has not only reshaped our program but has allowed the Cyclones to quickly pull off one of the greatest turnarounds in college basketball history."

  Otzelberger has an overall record of 178-99. He also took South Dakota State to the NCAA Tournament on two occasions (2017-18) behind star Mike Daum.

  The Cyclones host Morgan State on Sunday.

  --Field Level Media

Xavier leading scorer Zach Freemantle came away with a lower-body injury Saturday against Cincinnati and will be out indefinitely, the program announced Monday.

• Freemantle came back for a final season of college basketball after missing the end of the 2022-23 season and all of the 2023-24 season due to foot surgeries.

  Through 11 games (all starts) this season, the forward was averaging a career-high 16.9 points per game to go with 7.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals.

  In 116 career games (89 starts), Freemantle has averaged 12.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game with a 51.2 field goal percentage.

  Xavier (8-3) was ranked in the AP Top 25 poll earlier this season but has lost three of five games, including a 68-65 defeat at rival Cincinnati on Saturday. The Musketeers visit No. 11 UConn on Wednesday to open Big East play.

  --Field Level Media

Unbeaten Tennessee and Auburn remained 1-2 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday as SEC teams held five of the top seven spots.

• The Volunteers (10-0) earned 50 first-place votes while the Tigers (9-1) got 12 votes.

  Iowa State (9-1) remained No. 3 while Kentucky (10-1) jumped a spot to four and Duke (8-2) rounded out the top five.

  Alabama (8-2) moved to No. 6, followed by Florida (10-0), Kansas (8-2), Marquette (9-2) and Oregon (10-1).

  UConn (8-3) climbed seven spots to No. 11 with a win over Gonzaga. Michigan (8-2) was the week's biggest faller, dropping 10 spots with a loss to Arkansas.

  Memphis (8-2) made a return to the poll at No. 21 while Dayton (9-2) made its first appearance of the season at No. 22. The Flyers defeated Marquette last week.

  The rest of the Top 25:

  11. UConn (8-3)

  12. Texas A&M (9-2)

  13. Gonzaga (7-3)

  14. Oklahoma (10-0)

  15. Houston (6-3)

  16. Purdue (8-3)

  17. Ole Miss (9-1)

  18. UCLA (9-1)

  19. Cincinnati (8-1)

  20. Michigan State (8-2)

  21. Memphis (8-2)

  22. Dayton (9-2)

  23. San Diego State (7-2)

  24. Michigan (8-2)

  25. Clemson (9-2)

  --Field Level Media

Jordan Gainey drove the length of the court and scooped in a right-handed layup on the left side of the hoop at the buzzer to lift No. 1 Tennessee to a 66-64 nonconference victory over Illinois before a sellout crowd Saturday afternoon in Champaign, Ill.

• Gainey came off the bench to deliver 18 of his game- and season-high 23 points in the second half for the Volunteers (10-0). Chaz Lanier scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half before fouling out with 3:42 to play, while Igor Milicic Jr. posted seven points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

  Freshman Kasparas Jakucionis scored 22 points for Illinois (7-3), but split a pair of free throws with 5.7 seconds left to set up Gainey's last-second heroics. Tre White contributed 11 points while Kylan Boswell and Will Riley added 10 points apiece as Tennessee's defense limited the Illini to 29 percent shooting.

  Illinois forged the game's seventh and final tie on Jakucionis' free throw. With Zakai Zeigler and Lanier fouled out, the Volunteers inbounded the ball to Gainey, who charged down the middle of the floor; his layup fell through the hoop as the horn sounded.

  No. 2 Auburn 91, Ohio State 53

  Johni Broome had 21 points, a career-best 20 rebounds and also had six assists as the Tigers routed the Buckeyes in the Holiday Hoopsgiving in Atlanta.

  Broome, among the leaders in the national player of the year conversation, controlled play with Ohio State missing 7-foot-1 center Aaron Bradshaw. Denver Jones added 14 points and was 4 of 5 from 3-point range for Auburn (9-1), while Dylan Cardwell scored 10 and added eight rebounds and four blocks. Jakhi Howard scored 11 points, all in the second half.

  Devin Royal (14 points) and Micah Parrish (10) led Ohio State (6-4) in scoring. Leading scorer Bruce Thornton had just three points on 1-of-8 shooting.

  No. 5 Kentucky 93, Louisville 85

  Lamont Butler returned to the lineup in spectacular fashion, scoring a career-high 33 points to lead the Wildcats past the visiting Cardinals in Lexington, Ky.

  The fifth-year point guard missed the last two games for the Wildcats (10-1) due to an ankle injury. Butler went 10-for-10 from the floor, including six from beyond the 3-point stripe to keep the pesky, undermanned Cardinals (6-5) from scoring an upset.

  Butler became the fourth player in Kentucky history to shoot 10 or more shots and make them all. Louisville never led past the first minute but stayed in the game behind the play of Chucky Hepburn, who scored 26 points, and Terrence Edwards Jr., who scored 23. It was Edwards' third consecutive 20-point performance, all as a reserve.

  Dayton 71, No. 6 Marquette 63

  Zed Key and Javon Bennett each had 15 points and led a second-half charge that helped the host Flyers erase a 13-point deficit and beat the Golden Eagles.

  Key had four dunks in the second half for the Flyers (9-2), who shot 55.6 percent from the field following intermission after making just 36 percent of their first-half shots to trail 36-26 at halftime. Enoch Cheeks added 14 points for Dayton, which held the Golden Eagles (9-2) to 35.7 percent shooting overall after the break and owned a 21-10 advantage in second-chance points for the game.

  Chase Ross had 19 points and star Kam Jones added 18 for Marquette, which was the highest-ranked team to visit Dayton since Pittsburgh, also ranked No. 6 at the time, lost there in December 2007.

  No. 7 Alabama 83, Creighton 75

  Mark Sears recorded 27 points and six rebounds to help the Crimson Tide notch a victory over the Bluejays at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

  Labaron Philon added 16 points and five rebounds and Derrion Reid scored 12 points for the Crimson Tide (8-2). Grant Nelson had 10 rebounds as Alabama held a 46-32 advantage on the boards.

  Steven Ashworth registered 20 points and nine assists and Ryan Kalkbrenner added 18 points and seven rebounds for the Bluejays (7-4), who had a three-game winning streak snapped.

  No. 18 UConn 77, No. 8 Gonzaga 71

  Liam McNeeley scored a career-best 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Huskies recorded a victory over the Bulldogs at New York.

  Tarris Reed Jr. contributed 12 points, six rebounds and three blocked shots and Jaylin Stewart scored 10 points for the Huskies (8-3), who won their fourth consecutive game. The Huskies improved to 6-2 against the Bulldogs, including a memorable 82-54 stomping in the Elite Eight of the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

  Khalif Battle scored 21 points for Gonzaga (7-3), which lost its second straight game. Ryan Nembhard had 16 points and seven assists and Michael Ajayi had 14 points and six rebounds. Gonzaga star Graham Ike had just three points and no rebounds in 12 minutes while battling foul trouble.

  No. 9 Florida 83, Arizona State 66

  Walter Clayton Jr. scored 25 points and the unbeaten Gators rode early 3-point shooting to knock off the Sun Devils in a Holiday Hoopsgiving game in Atlanta.

  Will Richard added 16 points and Alijah Martin 15 as the Gators (10-0) tied the second-best start in program history. They also went 10-0 in 1951-52.

  Adam Miller led the Sun Devils (8-2) with 18 points, and Jay Quaintance netted 14 to go with eight rebounds and four steals. Basheer Jihad chipped in 13 points.

  No. 10 Kansas 75, NC State 60

  Zeke Mayo had a season-high 26 points and Hunter Dickinson had 21 points and 14 rebounds as the Jayhawks defeated the Wolfpack at Lawrence, Kan.

  Kansas (8-2) also got 15 points and six assists from Dajuan Harris. It was the Jayhawks' 13th straight victory over NC State.

  NC State (7-4) was led by Ben Middlebrooks with 14 points and eight rebounds. Bradley Huntley-Hatfield added 12 points off the bench and Marcus Hill scored 10.

  No. 13 Oklahoma 80, Oklahoma State 65

  Sam Godwin registered game highs of 20 points and 14 rebounds Saturday night, while Kobe Elvis added 15 points as the Sooners improved to 10-0 with a thumping of the Bedlam rival Cowboys in Oklahoma City.

  In the first nonconference game between the two since 1958, it was all Sooners as they led for all but 25 seconds. Oklahoma shot 49.2 percent from the field and earned a 42-26 advantage in points in the paint. Jeremiah Fears contributed 17 points for the Sooners, which stifled the Cowboys (6-3) on the defensive end.

  Oklahoma State hit only 39.3 percent from the field, including just 5-of-18 from 3-point range, and coughed up 16 turnovers that led to 21 points. Marchelus Avery came off the bench to score 19 points for the Cowboys, who got only 23 points from their starters.

  No. 17 Texas A&M 70, No. 11 Purdue 66

  Zhuric Phelps and reserve Pharrel Payne each scored 16 points as the Aggies knocked off the 11th-ranked Boilermakers in the Indy Classic in Indianapolis.

  Wade Taylor IV added 15 points, five assists and five steals for the Aggies (9-2) before leaving in the final minute of the game with a leg injury. Texas A&M, which has won five in a row, forced 16 turnovers that led to 22 points.

  Four players scored in double figures for the Boilermakers (8-3), led by Braden Smith with 15 points, six rebounds and six assists. Fletcher Loyer added 12 points, all in the first half, and Trey Kaufman-Renn was held to 11 before fouling out. C.J. Cox came off the bench to contribute 10 points.

  Memphis 87, No. 16 Clemson 82 (OT)

  Tyrese Hunter scored 23 points, including matching his career high of seven 3-pointers, as Memphis went on the road to defeat Clemson.

  Colby Rogers added 22 points while PJ Haggerty chipped in 12 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Memphis (8-2), which shook off Sunday's 13-point home loss to Arkansas State. Dain Dainja scored 11 off the bench.

  Viktor Lakhin scored 23 points with 11 rebounds for Clemson (9-2), which had its six-game winning streak snapped. Ian Schieffelin and Chase Hunter each had 17 points, followed by Jaeden Zackery's 11 and Dillon Hunter's 10.

  No. 19 Ole Miss 77, Southern Miss 46

  Sean Pedulla canned six 3-pointers and scored 18 points as the Rebels rolled to a win over the in-state rival Golden Eagles in Biloxi, Miss.

  Pedulla, a Virginia Tech transfer, added four assists against just one turnover in 31 minutes for the Rebels (9-1). Jaylen Murray chipped in 14 points, going 4-for-8 from 3-point range as Ole Miss converted 13 of 32 attempts from behind the arc as a team.

  Denijay Harris scored 16 points to pace the Golden Eagles (4-6) but simply didn't have enough help. Southern Miss made only 32.7 percent of its field-goal tries, going 4-for-23 on 3-point attempts. It also coughed up 17 turnovers that led to 24 points for Ole Miss.

  No. 20 Wisconsin 83, Butler 74

  The Badgers ended a three-game losing streak behind Nolan Winter's career-high 20 points, defeating the Bulldogs at the Indy Classic in Indianapolis.

  Steven Crowl added 18 points and six rebounds and Max Klesmit scored 11 points for Wisconsin (9-3), which saw all five starters score in double figures. The Badgers had a quieter shooting performance from beyond the arc, hitting six shots from deep after entering Saturday averaging 9.2 makes per game. It was a different game for Wisconsin inside the paint, thriving with 40 points.

  Jahmyl Telfort finished with eight points and seven rebounds on 3-of-10 shooting for Butler (7-4). Leading Butler was Pierre Brooks II, who scored 23 points on 5-of-6 shooting inside the arc, adding two 3-pointers.

  No. 22 Cincinnati 68, Xavier 65

  Simas Lukosius had 11 of his team-leading 14 points in the second half and the host Bearcats rallied from a seven-point deficit to defeat the cross-town rival Xavier Musketeers.

  Cincinnati (8-1) snapped a five-game losing streak to Xavier in another epic game in the rivalry. Dillon Mitchell added 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Bearcats, while Aziz Bandaogo was a force inside with three dunks and a layup to finish with 12 points.

  Xavier's Zach Freemantle had a potential game-tying 3-point attempt bounce off the back of the rim as time expired. Freemantle had 16 of his team-leading 18 points in the first half while Ryan Conwell added 17 points for Xavier (8-3).

  No. 24 UCLA 57, Arizona 54

  Tyler Bilodeau scored a game-high 17 points as the Bruins used a second-half rally to beat the Wildcats as part of the Hall of Fame Series in Phoenix.

  UCLA trailed 49-36 with 10:49 left but outscored the Wildcats 21-5 down the stretch. The Bruins (9-1) have won eight straight games, while the Wildcats (4-5) dropped to 0-5 against power-conference opponents. Skyy Clark scored 15 points and Kobe Johnson chipped in seven points and seven rebounds for UCLA.

  Jaden Bradley scored 12 points, pulled down seven rebounds and dished out six assists for the Wildcats. Trey Townsend added 10 points. Arizona leading scorer Caleb Love (14.1 points per game) was held to seven points on 3-for-10 shooting from the field.

  No. 25 Mississippi State 66, McNeese 63

  RJ Melendez scored 18 points, Josh Hubbard added 16 and the Bulldogs held off the Cowboys in Tupelo, Miss.

  The Bulldogs (9-1) overcame a sluggish first half offensively and outscored McNeese 37-34 in the second half.

  Joe Charles scored 19, Sincere Parker had 16 and Javohn Garcia and Brandon Murray added 10 each for the Cowboys (5-5).

  --Field Level Media

Longtime ESPN college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale announced Thursday he is cancer-free after his fourth diagnosis in four years.

• Vitale, 85, revealed in June that he needed surgery to address lymph node cancer, just six months after beating his previous cancer diagnosis.

  "SANTA CLAUS came early as Dr Rick Brown called & said that my PET SCAN at 7 AM came back CLEAN OF CANCER!" Vitale posted on X.

  A beloved figure in the sport, Vitale has not worked a college basketball broadcast since 2022.

  He was diagnosed with both melanoma and lymphoma in 2021. After announcing he was cancer-free in 2022, he was diagnosed with laryngeal (vocal cord) cancer in 2023. He said in December of last year that he was given a clean bill of health.

  A former head coach for Detroit Mercy and the NBA's Detroit Pistons, Vitale called ESPN's first college basketball broadcast in the company's first year of existence in 1979.

  --Field Level Media

President Charlie Baker set a timeline of early April to determine whether the NCAA Tournament would expand in 2026.

• Speaking at a sports business conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Baker described growing support to increase the number of teams in the NCAA Tournament from 68 by up to eight.

  He said media and TV executives and most conference commissioners are increasingly open to bringing additional teams into March Madness following NCAA vice president Dan Gavitt's proposals in June.

  "I'm bullish on the conversations we've had about going to 72 or 76, and I think the committees are willing to consider that, but I don't think it's going to be anything beyond that," Baker said Wednesday.

  Some coaches, including John Calipari and Tom Izzo, were outspoken in March about maintaining a semblance of exclusivity with the current setup in place since the First Four was added in 2011. But there were others in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, like Akron's John Groce, who said lower-exposure leagues like the Mid-American Conference deserve a shot additional at-large bids.

  Multiple high-profile commissioners, including Greg Sankey in the SEC, proclaimed automatic bids for smaller conferences have diluted the depth of the Field of 68. Automatic tournament bids are won by 32 conference champions.

  A couple SEC coaches know there's nothing automatic against teams that win their conference to claim tournament bids.

  On the first day of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, Horizon League champion and automatic bid-winner Oakland was a 14 seed and knocked off No. 3 seed Kentucky in the first round. Ivy League champion and automatic bid-winner Yale, seeded 13th in the East Region, erased plenty of brackets and No. 4 seed Auburn, 78-76, a day later.

  Auburn had just completed a sprint through the SEC tournament, while Yale entered the game as a nine-loss team that lost to Vermont, Cornell, Brown and Princeton in the regular season. But the Ivy League has produced a win in the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back years.

  Oakland had 11 losses in the regular season. The legend of fifth-year senior Jack Gohlke might not have existed if a structural shift moved to erase bids for small-conference champions. Gohlke made a tournament-record 10 3-pointers to sink the Wildcats and plant Oakland's euphoric flag.

  "This is the holy grail for mid-majors, right?" longtime Oakland coach Greg Kampe said in March. "It is. And I've said this many times over the last week. The NCAA basketball tournament -- please don't change it, please don't change it. But it is one of the three greatest sporting events in the world."

  Another 2024 tournament darling, N.C. State, was one of five ACC teams awarded a bid in a conference that since expanded by three.

  Wolfpack coach Kevin Keatts took a pro-expansion position because of his experience at mid-major UNC Wilmington, where every team in the league knew the only ticket into the NCAA Tournament was for going to the conference tournament champion.

  "I was at UNCW, we had won 28 games, and if I didn't win that championship game, no matter what I did, I wouldn't have the opportunity to play in the tournament. So somehow we gotta figure it out. ... I'm saying that more student-athletes, in my opinion, should have the opportunity to play in the best postseason tournament in college."

  Baker said in November that reports the NCAA was pushing to expand the tournament field beyond 76 were false, and he knows there will not be unanimous approval of any changes because of the popularity of the tournament as comprised.

  "There are always going to be people who thought it worked exactly the way it should and people who think otherwise," Baker said.

  --Field Level Media

Boogie Fland recorded 20 points and seven assists and Arkansas overcame a 15-point first-half deficit to notch an 89-87 victory over No. 14 Michigan on Tuesday night in the Jimmy V Classic in New York.

• D.J. Wagner scored 16 points and Trevon Brazile added 15 points, three steals and a key blocked shot as the Razorbacks (8-2) notched their biggest win of the John Calipari era. Adou Thiero scored 13 points and James Aidoo had 11 points and seven rebounds for Arkansas, which has won three in a row.

  Roddy Gayle Jr. of Michigan had a turnaround 15-footer bounce off the front rim at the buzzer as the Wolverines (8-2) had a seven-game winning streak halted.

  Vladislav Goldin registered 17 points and nine rebounds for Michigan, which trailed by 18 in the second half before a late charge. Danny Wolf had 14 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Will Tschetter scored all 13 of his points in the first half, Gayle also scored 13 and Nimari Burnett had 10.

  No. 1 Tennessee 75, Miami 62

  Chaz Lanier tallied 22 points, Igor Milicic Jr. posted 16 points and nine rebounds, and the Volunteers used a late first-half run to roll over Miami in the Jimmy V Classic in New York.

  The Volunteers (9-0) closed the first half by netting 14 unanswered points against Miami (3-7) to set up the Hurricanes' seventh straight defeat. A three-point specialist who transferred from North Florida, Lanier made 4 of 7 from beyond the arc. Zakai Zeigler totaled 13 points, nine assists and five rebounds.

  Virginia Tech transfer Lynn Kidd led Miami with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Nijel Pack scored 12 points and A.J. Staton-McCray added 11 points and four steals.

  No. 4 Duke 72, Incarnate Word 46

  Khaman Maluach scored 17 points on 6-of-7 shooting to help the Blue Devils pull away against the Cardinals in Durham, N.C.

  Isaiah Evans made four 3-pointers in the second half, when he scored all 14 of his points, as the Blue Devils (8-2) won their fourth consecutive game. Kon Knueppel had 10 points for Duke. The Blue Devils outscored Incarnate 44-25 in the second half after a sluggish opening 20 minutes.

  Jalin Anderson and Dylan Hayman had 11 points apiece to pace the Cardinals (5-5).

  No. 15 Houston 62, Troy 42

  L.J. Cryer hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points as the Cougars rode a stifling first-half defensive effort against visiting Troy.

  Emanuel Sharp added 14 points as the Cougars (6-3) extended their home winning streak to 27 games, the longest active run in the nation. Houston led 33-11 at the break, setting a school record for fewest points allowed in a first half.

  Thomas Dowd scored 10 points for Troy (5-4), which shot 24 percent and missed 16 of 18 3-point tries. Myles Rigsby, the leading scorer at 14 points per game, was limited to three points.

  Illinois 86, No. 20 Wisconsin 80

  Freshman Kasparas Jakucionis posted a career-high 24 points and Tre White added a season-high 23 as the Fighting Illini knocked off the Badgers in Champaign, Ill.

  Kylan Boswell chipped in 19 points and six assists for the Fighting Illini (7-2, 1-1 Big Ten), who outrebounded the Badgers 40-29 and made 22 of 25 free throws.

  Nolan Winter tied a career high with 15 points and hauled in seven rebounds for Wisconsin (8-3, 0-2), which lost its third game in a row. John Tonje netted 14 points, while Max Klesmit contributed 13 and John Blackwell scored 10 before fouling out.

  -Field Level Media

BYU signed the top recruit in the Class of 2025, AJ Dybantsa, who chose the Cougars over Alabama, North Carolina and Kansas.

• Dybantsa is playing at a prep school driving distance from BYU in Utah for his ongoing senior season after reclassifying from the Class of 2026.

  Originally from Massachusetts, Dybantsa is a 6-foot-9 combo forward and the headliner in a class featuring Jayhawks commit Darryn Peterson and Duke signees Cameron and Caydyn Boozer, five-star recruits who followed in their NBA dad's footsteps and picked the Blue Devils on Oct. 11. Carlos Boozer played at Duke and was a two-time NBA All-Star.

  Dybantsa has a nearly 7-foot wingspan and made a name for himself as a featured option on the Team USA U16 team, claiming the gold medal.

  First-year BYU coach Kevin Young also has landed two other signees for the '25 class, Xavion Staton and Chamberlain Burgess. The Cougars are in their first season since Mark Pope left to replace John Calipari at Kentucky and feature star freshman Egor Demin, who is averaging 13.3 points, 5.8 assists and 4.6 rebounds per game in 2024-25.

  Young had to sweat the signing of Dybantsa after Alabama and North Carolina gained enough traction to compel him to take campus visits this semester.

  Reports in October pointed to NIL as one reason Kansas was not expected to be in the running.

  Dybantsa was direct in an interview with Paul George on an episode of "Podcast P" the he was looking for a one-year prep course in basketball at his college destination before heading to the NBA.

  "Everybody's gonna think you should have the four or five blue-bloods in there, but I mean me and my family have pillars," Dybantsa said. "We need a family-oriented school, I need a coach that's not gonna sugarcoat, I need the best and fastest development plan - I'm trying to be a one-and-done, I need a winning organization and I just picked the best seven schools that I think fit that ... I'm just trying to choose the school that's best for me."

  --Field Level Media

Tennessee is No. 1 in the Top 25 for the first time in six seasons while Iowa State reached its highest ranking since the 1950s after a tumultuous week in the AP poll.

• Kansas, which had been No. 1 since the preseason poll, dropped nine spots to No. 10 after suffering consecutive losses to Creighton and Missouri.

  The Volunteers (8-0) earned 58 first-place votes and leapfrogged Auburn (8-1) to the top spot. Tennessee is off to its best start since the 2000-01 season and hit No. 1 for the first time since the 2018-19 campaign.

  The Tigers earned three first-place votes after losing to Duke last week. Iowa State (7-1) received the other first-place vote on its way to No. 3, its highest ranking since 1956-57.

  Duke (7-2) jumped five spots to No. 4 and Kentucky (8-1) rounds out the top 5.

  Florida (9-0) jumped four spots to No. 9, giving the SEC five teams in the top 10. Alabama (7-2) jumped three spots to No. 7. In all, nine SEC teams are in the Top 25.

  Five teams entered the poll this week: Michigan, Michigan State, Clemson, UCLA and Mississippi State.

  Baylor, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Illinois and North Carolina all dropped out.

  The rest of the Top 25:

  11. Purdue (8-2)

  12. Oregon (9-1)

  13. Oklahoma (9-0)

  14. Michigan (8-1)

  15. Houston (5-3)

  16. Clemson (9-1)

  17. Texas A&M (8-2)

  18. UConn (7-3)

  19. Ole Miss (8-1)

  20. Wisconsin (8-2)

  21. Michigan State (8-2)

  22. Cincinnati (7-1)

  23. San Diego State (6-2)

  24. UCLA (8-1)

  25. Mississippi State (8-1)

  --Field Level Media

Tamar Bates scored a season-high 29 points for Missouri to spark a 76-67 upset of visiting No. 1 Kansas on Sunday in Columbia, Mo.

• Mark Mitchell added 17 points for the Tigers (8-1), while Anthony Robinson II scored 11 as Missouri beat its "Border War" rival for the first time since February 2012. Robinson and Bates both tallied five steals, as the Tigers forced 22 Kansas turnovers.

  Josh Gray added seven points and 10 rebounds for Missouri, which saw its 24-point lead reduced to two before pulling away late. Missouri's eight wins matched its total from all of last season.

  Hunter Dickinson's 19 points and 14 rebounds led Kansas (7-2), which will tumble in the AP Top 25 after losing its second in a row. David Coit scored 14 for the Jayhawks, followed by Dajuan Harris Jr.'s 13 and KJ Adams Jr.'s 11.

  No. 2 Auburn 98, Richmond 54

  Miles Kelly and Tahaad Pettiford scored 15 points apiece and the Tigers never trailed in cruising to a rout of the visiting Spiders.

  The Tigers (8-1) bounced back from a disappointing showing at ninth-ranked Duke on Wednesday by placing six players in double-figure scoring and rolling to their third win by at least 30 points ahead of nonconference games later this month against Ohio State and Purdue. Kelly and Pettiford combined to shoot 8 of 15, and each made four 3s for the Tigers, who led by double digits most of the game.

  Mikkel Tyne scored 16 to lead Richmond (4-5), which fell to 0-27 all-time against top-five opponents. Dusan Neskovic added 12 and Delonnie Hunt contributed 10, but the duo shot a combined 5 of 24 as Richmond shot 27.1 percent (16 of 59) in its first game since Nov. 27 and was unable to get its seventh win in school history over a top-10 opponent.

  No. 6 Iowa State 100, Jackson State 58

  Curtis Jones came off the bench to score 19 points and drain a handful of 3-pointers and the Cyclones marched to a win over the Tigers in Ames, Iowa.

  Jones made 6 of 12 shots from the field and 5 of 10 shots from beyond the arc for the Cyclones (7-1). Milan Momcilovic finished with 18 points on 6-for-10 shooting, including a 4-for-6 mark from 3-point range.

  Dorian McMillian scored 20 points to lead Jackson State (0-10). Juan Reyna III finished with 15 points and a team-high six assists.

  No. 8 Purdue 83, Maryland 78

  Braden Smith had 24 points and 10 assists to help the Boilermakers fend off the visiting Terrapins in Big Ten play in West Lafayette, Ind.

  Smith led the Boilermakers with five 3-pointers and made 4 of 5 in the second half to help Purdue (8-2, 1-1) pick up its first conference win after losing 81-70 at Penn State on Thursday.

  Derik Queen finished with 26 points and 12 rebounds -- both game-highs -- and Ja'Kobi Gillespie added 18 points for the Terrapins (8-2, 1-1). Maryland had won five straight, including an 83-59 home rout of Ohio State on Wednesday.

  No. 9 Duke 76, Louisville 65

  Cooper Flagg scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils, but visiting Duke did not need its freshman phenom in the game as it rallied to beat the host Cardinals.

  Duke (7-2, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed by as much as 30-16 midway through the first half thanks to the Cardinals' making 10 of their first 14 shots, including seven of their first nine 3-pointers. Flagg, who fouled out in the final minute, led four Blue Devils in double figures. Tyrese Proctor went for 13 points, Kon Knueppel added 12 and James finished with 11.

  Terrence Edwards Jr. led Louisville (5-4, 0-1) with 21 points. Reyne Smith added 13, and freshman Khani Rooths posted a season-high 10 points and six rebounds. Just seven players saw court time for Louisville as the team is dealing with several season-ending injuries that have cut short its bench.

  UCLA 73, No. 12 Oregon 71

  Dylan Andrews banked in a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left giving the Bruins a victory over the Ducks at Eugene, Ore.

  Jackson Shelstad's 3-pointer, his first basket in the second half, with 10.7 seconds left had put Oregon (9-1, 1-1 Big Ten) ahead 71-70. Nate Bittle led Oregon with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Keeshawn Barthelemy added 13 points, Shelstad had 11 and Jadrian Tracey 10.

  UCLA (8-1, 2-0) is on a seven-game winning streak and is unbeaten after its first two games in the conference after leaving the Pac-12 Oklahoma State transfer Eric Dailey Jr. led the Bruins with a season-high 19 points on 7-of-8 shooting from the field. Kobe Johnson finished with 11 points and Andrews and Sebastian Mack each had 10 points.

  No. 14 Cincinnati 84, Howard 67

  Simas Lukosius scored 18 points for the Bearcats, who used a second-half surge to beat the visiting Bison.

  Aziz Bandaogo scored 17 points for the Bearcats (7-1), who also got 14 points from Dillon Mitchell. Cincinnati's top three scorers combined to go 20 of 26 from the field.

  Howard (3-6) lost its fourth straight. Freshman guard Blake Harper got his first double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Marcus Dockery added 14 points.

  Arkansas State 85, No. 16 Memphis 72

  Joseph Pinion scored 22 points, Dyondre Dominguez added 19 and the Red Wolves upset the Tigers.

  Taryn Todd scored 17 and Kobe Julien had 12 for the Red Wolves (7-3), who made 12-of-36 3-pointers compared to 7-of-22 for the Tigers (7-2).

  PJ Haggerty scored 29 points, Dain Dainja added 16 points and 12 rebounds off the bench and Colby Rogers scored 11 to lead Memphis, which trailed for all but two minutes.

  No. 22 Texas A&M 72, Texas Tech 67

  Wade Taylor IV racked up 19 points that included eight in the final 3:22 of the game as the Aggies outlasted the Red Raiders in the USLBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.

  Texas A&M (8-2) led by as many as 11 points in the first half and by three at halftime before the Red Raiders surged to the front early in the second half. Down 52-49, the Aggies produced an 11-0 surge capped by a jumper by Zhuric Phelps to take a 60-52 advantage with 5:02 to play. Jace Carter added 16 points and Phelps had 12 for the Aggies, who have won four straight games.

  Chance McMillian's 23 points were a game high, while Kevin Overton added 17 and Darrion Williams had 11 for Texas Tech (7-2), which had a three-game winning streak snapped.

  No. 25 UConn 76, Texas 65

  Alex Karaban returned from a head injury to score 21 points and grab 11 rebounds as the Huskies beat the Longhorns in Austin, Texas.

  Karaban sustained a head injury during UConn's final game in the Maui Invitational. He did not play in UConn's next two games while he was in concussion protocol. Solo Ball added 16 points for the Huskies (7-3), who received 12 points from both Samson Johnson and Tarris Reed Jr. Liam McNeeley finished the game with seven points and nine rebounds, and Hassan Diarra had a career-high 11 assists.

  Freshman Tre Johnson scored a game-high 24 points for the Longhorns (7-2), who entered the contest on a seven-game winning streak. He scored 18 points in the second half. Arthur Kaluma had 20 points and nine rebounds, but no other Texas player scored more than six points.

  --Field Level Media

Andrew Carr recorded 19 points and seven rebounds and prevented a potential game-winning shot to help No. 4 Kentucky notch a 90-89 overtime victory over No. 7 Gonzaga at the Battle in Seattle on Saturday night.

• Jaxson Robinson scored 18 points and Otega Oweh added 13 as the Wildcats (8-1) defeated Gonzaga after falling to the Bulldogs in each of the past two seasons. Amari Williams had 12 points and Brandon Garrison added 10 points and nine rebounds for Kentucky, which overcame an 18-point deficit in the second half.

  Graham Ike registered season highs of 28 points and 11 rebounds for Gonzaga (7-2). Ben Gregg scored 14 points, Ryan Nembhard added 13 points and 10 assists and Khalif Battle also scored 13 points for the Bulldogs.

  With Kentucky leading by one, Carr missed two free throws with 4.3 seconds left in overtime. Dusty Stromer got the rebound for the Bulldogs, but Carr knocked the ball away from behind in transition as Gonzaga failed to get a final shot.

  No. 5 Marquette 88, No. 11 Wisconsin 74

  Kam Jones matched his season-high with 32 points and David Joplin added 13 as the Golden Eagles pulled away in the second half for a nonconference victory over the Badgers as the in-state rivals met in Milwaukee, Wis.

  Marquette (9-1), which trailed 39-37 at the half, went in front 61-53 with 12:17 remaining when Jones was fouled while sinking a 3-pointer and added the free throw. The Golden Eagles extended the lead to 70-55 on a three-point play by Stevie Mitchell with 8:49 remaining.

  Max Klesmit snapped out of a shooting slump to lead Wisconsin with 22 points by going 6 of 11 from 3-point range. Klesmit entered shooting 25.4 percent from beyond the arc and had made just three of his last 21.

  No. 17 Houston 79, Butler 51

  LJ Cryer scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half and Emanuel Sharp finished with 16 points as the Cougars rolled over the visiting Bulldogs.

  Cryer scored 10 of the Cougars' opening 14 points in the second half to help Houston (5-3) seize control en route to its 26th consecutive home win, tied for the longest active streak in the nation.

  Butler (7-2) had its six-game winning streak snapped. Patrick McCaffery and Augusto Cassia tallied 11 points each for Butler. Senior forward Jahmyl Telfort averaged 22.3 points over the prior three games but scored just four points on Saturday.

  No. 18 Pitt 64, Virginia Tech 59

  Jaland Lowe scored 19 points, including the go-ahead layup in the final minute, and Guillermo Diaz Graham had a key block to help the Panthers rally past the Hokies in both teams' Atlantic Coast Conference opener in Blacksburg, Va.

  Diaz Graham finished with nine points, seven rebounds and two blocks, while Ishmael Leggett scored 17 points for the Panthers (8-2, 1-0 ACC).

  Toibu Lawal scored 16 points and Jaden Schutt netted 14 to lead the Hokies (3-6, 0-1), who dropped their sixth straight game.

  No. 20 North Carolina 68, Georgia Tech 65

  Seth Trimble scored a team-high 19 points, helping the Tar Heels get past the visiting Yellow Jackets in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams in Chapel Hill, N.C.

  RJ Davis added 16 points, while Ian Jackson chipped in 15 off the bench for the Tar Heels (5-4, 1-0 ACC), who snapped a three-game losing streak. North Carolina shot just 39 percent from the field and 20.8 percent (5 of 24) on 3-pointers, while Georgia Tech shot 31.2 percent from the field and just 29.6 percent (8 of 27) from distance.

  Lance Terry led the Yellow Jackets (4-5, 0-1) with 22 points, while Baye Ndongo had 19 points and 12 rebounds. Naithan George had 12 points and eight rebounds for Georgia Tech, which lost its second straight.

  No. 21 Oklahoma 94, Alcorn State 78

  Jalon Moore scored 19 of his 20 points in the second half to help the Sooners break out of an early slumber en route to a victory over the winless Braves in Norman, Okla.

  Moore connected on all eight of his second-half shots and was 8 of 9 overall for the Sooners (9-0). Jeremiah Fears and Dayton Forsythe each added 14 points and seven assists for Oklahoma. Mohamed Wague had 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting and Brycen Goodine added 12 on four 3-pointers for the Sooners. Duke Miles had five steals and Fears contributed three for Oklahoma, which shot 54.7 percent from the field and was 12 of 37 from 3-point range.

  Omari Hamilton scored 16 points and Davian Williams added 13 points and seven assists for Alcorn State (0-10). Michael Pajeaud scored 12 points and Keionte Cornelius added 11 and Dhaji Binet had 10.

  No. 23 Ole Miss 86, Lindenwood 53

  Sean Pedulla scored 19 points and the Rebels used a dominant second half to run away from the visiting Lions in Oxford, Miss.

  Mikeal Brown-Jones added 14 points for the Rebels (8-1), who outscored the Lions 47-20 in the second half. Ole Miss, which shot a season-best 56.7 percent from the floor in its last game, hit 57.7 percent in the second half and 51.7 percent for the game Saturday.

  Reggie Bass was the only Lindenwood player to score in double figures, finishing with 10 points. The Lions (3-6) shot 32 percent from the floor in the second half and 35.3 percent for the game. Ole Miss committed just seven turnovers and Lindenwood committed 15.

  No. 24 San Diego State 74, San Diego 57

  Four players scored in double figures to help the Aztecs pull away in the second half for a home win over the cross-town rival Toreros.

  Florida Atlantic transfer Nick Boyd led San Diego State (6-2) with 17 points, while Miles Byrd and Jared Coleman-Jones each added 13. Freshman Pharaoh Compton came off the bench to tally 12 points.

  Bendji Pierre tallied 17 points in a reserve role for San Diego (3-6), which struggled to make shots against the Aztecs' typically tough defense. San Diego hit just 30.9 percent of its attempts from the field, including a 6-of-32 performance from 3-point range, and committed 16 turnovers.

  --Field Level Media

Creighton guard Pop Isaacs is expected to undergo surgery to address a lingering hip problem and sit out the rest of the season, The Field of 68 reported Saturday.

• A transfer from Texas Tech, Isaacs had offseason hip surgery. The Field of 68 reported Isaacs continued to experience pain, and his surgeon recommended the procedure now.

  The junior has played in eight games (all starts) for the Bluejays (6-3), averaging 16.3 points in 31.6 minutes per game. He has averages of 4.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists.

  In a 76-63 win over No. 1 Kansas on Wednesday, Isaacs scored a game-high 27 points of 10-of-15 shooting, including six 3-pointers.

  Last season with Texas Tech, Isaacs started all 34 games for the Red Raiders and averaged 15.8 points in 32.8 minutes per game.

  --Field Level Media

Pop Isaacs scored 27 points, Ryan Kalkbrenner added 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Creighton beat No. 1 Kansas 76-63 on Wednesday night in Omaha, Neb., for the Jayhawks' first loss of the season

• Isaacs shot 6-for-9 from beyond the arc and added seven rebounds and four assists. His contested layup with 3:14 to play pushed Creighton's lead to 73-57 as the program notched its second win over a No. 1 team in school history. (The Bluejays beat UConn 85-66 last season.)

  Steven Ashworth contributed 17 points, eight rebounds and six assists as the Bluejays (6-3) defeated Kansas for the first time since 1949. Kalkbrenner, Creighton's star center, was back after missing one game due to a lower-body injury.

  Dajuan Harris Jr. scored 15 points for Kansas (7-1). AJ Storr and Zeke Mayo each scored 12 in the loss.

  No. 9 Duke 84, No. 2 Auburn 78

  Freshman phenom Cooper Flagg scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the second half, helping the Blue Devils beat the visiting Tigers in Durham, N.C., in the SEC/ACC Challenge.

  Flagg also had 11 rebounds for the Blue Devils (6-2), who won their second straight game despite trailing by 11 in the opening minutes. Isaiah Evans added 18 points for Duke, while Tyrese Proctor chipped in 12 and Caleb Foster 11.

  Johni Broome had 20 points and 12 rebounds for Auburn (7-1), which allowed a season high in points. Tahaad Pettiford also scored 20 for the Tigers, followed by Chad Baker-Mazara's 17. Miles Kelly added 14 points and three steals.

  No. 6 Iowa State 81, No. 5 Marquette 70

  Keshon Gilbert scored 24 and Joshua Jefferson added 15 to lead the Cyclones past the Golden Eagles in Ames, Iowa.

  Iowa State (6-1) also got 14 off the bench from Curtis Jones. Gilbert dished out a team-high seven assists while Jefferson grabbed 12 boards.

  Marquette (8-1) was led by 17 from freshman Royce Parham. Kam Jones added 14 along with nine assists and eight rebounds despite shooting just 6-of-21 from the field.

  No. 10 Alabama 94, No. 20 North Carolina 79

  Mark Sears scored 20 points to lead six Alabama players in double figures as the Crimson Tide recorded a runaway victory over the Tar Heels in the SEC/ACC Challenge in Chapel Hill, N.C.

  It was a rematch of a Sweet 16 matchup last season, which was also won by Alabama, but this one didn't live up to the billing. Labaron Philon and Aden Holloway both had 15 points, Clifford Omoruyi and Derrion Reid had 11 apiece and Grant Nelson provided 10 for the Crimson Tide (7-2).

  Freshman Ian Jackson scored a season-high 23 points for North Carolina (4-4), which has lost three games in a row. RJ Davis racked up 18 points, and Seth Trimble had 12 points.

  No. 12 Oregon 68, Southern California 60

  Jackson Shelstad scored 21 of his 24 points in the second half and Keeshawn Barthelemy provided pivotal plays down the stretch as the Ducks rallied to top the Trojans in Los Angeles in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

  Oregon (9-0, 1-0 Big Ten) went on a 14-2 run late in the second half to flip a game it trailed most of the way. Shelstad kicked off the Ducks' key stretch, which lasted 3:01 and extended past the final media timeout, with the first six points.

  USC (5-4, 0-1) took its third consecutive loss, a byproduct of the Trojans' poor shooting. USC went 19-for-55 (34.5 percent) from the floor and just 2-for-13 (15.4 percent) from 3-point range. Oregon shot 8-for-23 (34.8 percent) from deep and 21-for-55 (38.2 percent) overall.

  No. 13 Florida 87, Virginia 69

  Walter Clayton Jr. scored 27 points as the Gators remained undefeated with a victory over the Cavaliers in the SEC/ACC Challenge in Gainesville, Fla.

  Alex Condon contributed 19 points and eight rebounds while Alijah Martin added 16 points for the Gators (9-0). Florida is off to its best start since the 2005-06 season, when it won its first 17 games and captured the NCAA championship.

  San Diego State transfer Elijah Saunders scored a career-high 19 points and Isaac McKneely added 12 points, all on treys, for Virginia (5-3).

  No. 25 UConn 76, No. 15 Baylor 72

  Liam McNeeley recorded 17 points, eight rebounds and three blocks to lift the Huskies past the Bears in a Big 12-Big East Battle in Storrs, Conn.

  Samson Johnson scored 13 points before fouling out and Solo Ball added 11 for UConn (6-3), which has won two in a row following a three-game skid. Huskies star Alex Karaban sat out his second straight game due to a head injury.

  Robert Wright III scored 22 points off the bench, Langston Love had 16 and Norchad Omier added 14 before fouling out for Baylor (5-3).

  No. 16 Memphis 81, Louisiana Tech 71

  PJ Haggerty produced 23 points, seven steals, six assists and five rebounds as the Tigers held off the visiting Bulldogs.

  Tyrese Hunter added 20 points and Colby Rogers scored 13 points for the Tigers (7-1), who bounced back from their first loss of the season, 90-76 against then-No. 4 Auburn in the championship game of the Maui Invitational on Nov. 27.

  Al Green scored 18 points, making 5 of 7 3-point attempts, Sean Newman Jr. had 13 points and 11 assists, Daniel Batcho scored 12, and Kaden Cooper and Amaree Abram added 10 points each to lead Louisiana Tech (7-2).

  Mississippi State 90, No. 18 Pittsburgh 57

  KeShawn Murphy came off the bench to score 20 points, leading five Mississippi State players in double figures during the Bulldogs' blasting of the Panthers in Starkville, Miss.

  Michael Nwoko added 18 points and 11 rebounds for Mississippi State (7-1), which led by as many as 35 points. The Bulldogs carved out a 49-27 rebounding advantage and canned 57.8 percent of their field-goal attempts.

  Jaland Lowe scored 19 points to pace Pittsburgh (7-2) but shot 7 of 21 from the field. Brandin Cummings added 12 off the bench for the Panthers, who hit a measly 31.3 percent of their field-goal tries.

  No. 24 San Diego State 84, Fresno State 62

  Freshman Magoon Gwath notched career highs of 25 points and 10 rebounds as the Aztecs overcame a slow start to earn to beat the host Bulldogs in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams.

  BJ Davis scored 13 points, Wayne McKinney III added 12 and Miles Byrd grabbed 10 rebounds for San Diego State (5-2), who entered the rankings for the first time this week following an overtime victory over No. 6 Houston on Saturday.

  Mykell Robinson scored 20 points with 10 rebounds and Zaon Collins added 10 points for Fresno State (3-5).

  --Field Level Media

While the SEC/ACC Challenge tilted toward the Southeastern Conference, Clemson delivered the Atlantic Coast Conference's lone Tuesday victory, a 70-66 upset of No. 4 Kentucky in the Wildcats' first road test under new coach Mark Pope.

• Clemson (8-1) rode a massive rebounding effort from Ian Schieffelin to the victory. Schieffelin scored 11 points on just 4-for-20 shooting, but he grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds, including eight on the offensive end.

  Jaeden Zackery added 13 points for the Tigers, including a pair of 3-pointers. Chauncey Wiggins scored 12, Jaeden Zackery chipped in 11 and Chase Hunter scored 10.

  Kentucky (7-1) was led by Otega Oweh, who finished with 17 points. Lamont Butler added 16 points and five assists but was hamstrung by foul trouble. Jaxson Robinson chipped in 12 points. The Wildcats, in the top 40 among 3-point shooting accuracy, connected on just 7 of 27 attempts from beyond the arc.

  No. 3 Tennessee 96, Syracuse 70

  Chaz Lanier scored 26 points as the Volunteers pummeled the Orange in an SEC/ACC Challenge matchup in Knoxville, Tenn.

  Zakai Zeigler pitched in 14 points, eight assists and four steals for Tennessee (8-0), which shot a blistering 61.3 percent in the second half. The Volunteers shot 53.8 percent overall and dominated the boards 40-26.

  Elijah Moore scored 24 points to pace Syracuse (4-3), while Chris Bell added 12 points, five rebounds and three steals. The Orange's leading scorer, JJ Starling, sat out after injuring his hand in practice on Monday.

  Michigan 67, No. 11 Wisconsin 64

  Senior Vladislav Goldin scored a career-high 24 points and Danny Wolf added 20 to rally the Wolverines to a victory over the Badgers in the Big Ten opener for each team in Madison, Wis.

  Max Klesmit's turnaround jumper from the lane put Wisconsin up 64-61 with 2:37 to play, but the Badgers didn't score again. Goldin made three consecutive baskets to give Michigan a 67-64 edge with 22.9 seconds left.

  Tonje had 18 points and John Blackwell added 16 points and nine rebounds for Wisconsin (8-1, 0-1 Big Ten), which came in averaging 85.3 points per game. Michigan (7-1, 1-0) has won six straight since a 72-70 loss to Wake Forest.

  Villanova 68, No. 14 Cincinnati 60

  Eric Dixon drained back-to-back 3-pointers late in the second half and scored a game-high 31 points to lead the host Wildcats to an upset of the Bearcats.

  Dixon recorded his third 30-point game of the campaign for Villanova (5-4), which won consecutive games for the first time this season. Wooga Poplar added 12 points and 10 rebounds.

  Jizzle James led the Bearcats (6-1) with 19 points, five assists and four rebounds, while Simas Lukosius added 13 points.

  No. 21 Oklahoma 76, Georgia Tech 61

  Jeremiah Fears scored 18 points and Jalon Moore added 15 points and 11 rebounds to help the Sooners notch a win over the Yellow Jackets in the SEC/ACC Challenge in Norman, Okla.

  Kobe Elvis scored 12 points on four treys and had three steals for the Sooners (8-0). Brycen Goodine and Duke Miles added 11 points apiece for Oklahoma, which connected on 38.5 percent of its shots overall and went 10-for-28 from behind the arc.

  Jaeden Mustaf scored 16 points and Lance Terry added 14 for the Yellow Jackets (4-4). Duncan Powell had 11 points and 12 boards. The Yellow Jackets, who played without starters Javian McCollum and Kowacie Reeves Jr. due to injuries, shot 41.5 percent, going 5-for-19 from 3-point range.

  No. 22 Texas A&M 57, Wake Forest 44

  Wade Taylor IV scored 15 points as the Aggies were at their best in the final 10 minutes against the Demon Deacons in an SEC/ACC Challenge clash in College Station, Texas.

  Wake Forest (7-3) trimmed its deficit to three with 8:54 to play before Texas A&M (7-2) scored 11 of the next 13 points to break it open and win its third straight contest. Henry Coleman III and Pharrell Payne added 10 points each for the Aggies while Andersson Garcia grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds.

  Hunter Sallis led all scorers with 19 points, with Davin Cosby Jr. adding 10 for the Demon Deacons.

  No. 23 Ole Miss 86, Louisville 63

  Dre Davis scored 18 points against his former team to lead the Rebels to a victory over the host Cardinals in an SEC/ACC Challenge matchup.

  Ole Miss (7-1) led nearly from wire to wire, shooting 56.7 percent. Sean Pedulla added 16 points and a season-high seven assists

  Chucky Hepburn led short-handed Louisville (5-3) with 19 points. The Cardinals announced this week that Kasean Pryor (torn ACL) and Koren Johnson (shoulder) are out for the season.

  --Field Level Media

UConn coach Dan Hurley told reporters Tuesday that star forward Alex Karaban is out for Wednesday's top-25 matchup against visiting Baylor.

• Karaban was transported to a hospital in Hawaii last Wednesday after sustaining a head injury during an 85-67 loss to Dayton on the final day of the Maui Invitational.

  Karaban hit the floor after being fouled on a contested layup with approximately 2 1/2 minutes left in the second half. He was later cleared to fly home with the rest of the team on Thursday.

  The junior sat out Saturday's 99-45 win over Maryland Eastern Shore, but now he will miss a more important game that pits the No. 25 Huskies (5-3) against the No. 15 Bears (5-2) in the Big 12-Big East Battle.

  Karaban has been UConn's leading scorer (15.9 ppg), adding 4.1 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game.

  A starter for each of the Huskies' last two national championship-winning seasons, Karaban owns career averages of 11.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.

  Jaylin Stewart drew into the starting lineup in Karaban's place against UMES.

  --Field Level Media

Louisville guard Koren Johnson announced Tuesday that he will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.

• "Card Nation! I have decided to redshirt this year and get shoulder surgery to make sure I'm in the best shape possible for next year and my future! I appreciate all the love and support," Johnson posted on X.

  A newcomer to the Cardinals (5-2) this season, Johnson played in two games and contributed six points, five assists, three rebounds and three steals.

  Johnson transferred from Washington, where he was the Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year in 2023-24 with 11.1 points, 2.7 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 31 games (five starts).

  It's the second big blow in as many days for the Cardinals, who announced Monday that forward Kasean Pryor is done for 2024-25 with a torn ACL.

  Louisville also lost starting forward Aboubacar Traore last month to a broken left arm. The timeline for his return is uncertain.

  --Field Level Media

Alabama guard Latrell Wrightsell will miss the rest of the 2024-25 season because of a ruptured Achilles tendon, coach Nate Oats said Tuesday.

• In the No. 10 Crimson Tide's loss Saturday to Oregon in the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas, Wrightsell departed with a lower leg injury. After releasing a 3-point attempt, he fell to the ground in pain.

  Wrightsell, a returnee from Alabama's Final Four team, received further evaluation Monday in Tuscaloosa before being declared out.

  In eight games (five starts) this season, Wrightsell is averaging 11.5 points and shooting a team-high 42.2 percent from 3-point range.

  Last season, Wrightsell appeared in 31 games, averaging 8.9 points and making 44.7 percent of his 3-point tries.

  Oats said Alabama is exploring a medical redshirt for Wrightsell, who played three seasons at Cal State Fullerton before transferring.

  The Crimson Tide (6-2) will play at No. 20 North Carolina (4-3) on Wednesday as part of the SEC/ACC Challenge.

  --Field Level Media

Syracuse guard JJ Starling sustained an injury to his left hand at practice and will not play in the team's road game against No. 3 Tennessee on Tuesday, the school announced.

• Starling was injured during Monday's session.

  Per Syracuse.com, Starling was seen wearing a cast while with the team prior to its SEC/ACC Challenge game in Knoxville, Tenn.

  Starling is averaging a club-best 19.8 points per game for the Orange (4-2), who snapped a two-game skid with an 82-72 victory over Cornell on Wednesday. Starling scored 12 points on 3-of-17 shooting from the floor versus the Big Red.

  Tennessee (7-0) has won all seven of its games this season by at least 15 points.

  --Field Level Media

The Kansas Jayhawks maintained their hold on the top spot of the Associated Press Top 25 poll released Monday, just ahead of the surging Auburn Tigers and a new-look top five.

• Meanwhile, two-time defending champion UConn (5-3) dropped 23 spots to No. 25 after losing three games at the Maui Invitational.

  The Jayhawks (7-0) earned 35 first-place votes after defeating Duke while Auburn (7-0) snagged 26 after winning the title in Maui.

  Tennessee (7-0) rose four spots to No. 3, just ahead of archrival Kentucky (7-0) at No. 4, with Marquette (8-0) ascending five spots to No. 5.

  Iowa State (5-1), Gonzaga (7-1), Purdue (7-1), Duke (5-2) and Alabama (6-2) round out the top 10.

  Six teams entered the Top 25 this week, headlined by Oregon (8-0) at No. 12. No. 16 Memphis (6-1), No. 18 Pittsburgh (7-1), No. 19 Illinois (6-1), No. 21 Oklahoma (7-0) and No. 24 San Diego State (4-2) also cracked the poll this week.

  Indiana, Arkansas, Creighton, Xavier, Arizona and Mississippi State fell out.

  The rest of the Top 25:

  11. Wisconsin (8-0)

  12. Oregon (8-0)

  13. Florida (8-0)

  14. Cincinnati (6-0)

  15. Baylor (5-2)

  16. Memphis (6-1)

  17. Houston (4-3)

  18. Pittsburgh (7-1)

  19. Illinois (6-1)

  20. North Carolina (4-3)

  21. Oklahoma (7-0)

  22. Texas A&M (6-2)

  23. Ole Miss (6-1)

  24. San Diego State (4-2)

  25. UConn (5-3)

  --Field Level Media

Louisville forward Kasean Pryor will miss the rest of the season with a torn ACL, the school confirmed Monday.

• The fifth-year senior sustained the injury during Friday's 69-64 loss to Oklahoma in the championship game of the Battle 4 Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas.

  The university's statement said the 6-foot-10 Pryor is expected to make a full recovery.

  Pryor averaged 12.0 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.1 blocks in seven games (three starts) this season, his first with the Cardinals (5-2).

  The two-time transfer has averaged 10.1 points and 6.0 rebounds in 52 games (24 starts) with Boise State (2020-22), South Florida (2023-24) and Louisville.

  --Field Level Media