No. 1 Auburn (17-1) beat No. 15 Mississippi St. 88-66; beat No. 23 Georgia 70-68. No. 2 Iowa St. (15-2) beat No. 9 Kansas 74-57; lost to West Virginia 64-57. No. 3 Duke (16-2) beat Miami

Javon Small scored 12 of his 27 points in the final two minutes to lead West Virginia to a win over No. Iowa State, ending the Cyclones' national-best 12-game winning streak. Amani Hansberry added 12 points for the Mountaineers (13-4,

The last time we had two consecutive championship games without an SEC team was 2004 (USC-Oklahoma) and ’05 (Texas-USC), back when the Sooners and Longhorns competed in the Big 12.

The University of Wisconsin football program addressed key positions for its 2025 roster during the winter transfer portal window. But many of its opponents got better, at least on paper. The transfer portal was open from Dec.

Appalachian St. at Marshall, 1 p.m. Bryant at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 1 p.m. CCSU at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1 p.m. Davidson at St. Bonaventure, 1 p.m. Fairfield at Canisius, 1 p.m. Manhattan at Niagara, 1 p.m. Penn at Cornell, 1 p.m. UMBC at Maine, 1 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 1 p.m. Army at Boston U., 2 p.m.

UConn and Kansas opened the 2024-25 season as the teams with the best odds of winning the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Those two programs were followed by Duke, Alabama, Houston to round out the top five. UConn currently has the 17th-shortest odds (45-1) to win the tournament,

Atlanta developer and preservationist Gene Kansas has written “Civil Sights: Sweet Auburn, A Journey Through Atlanta's National Treasure." It serves as a guide to the district's buildings and some of its unsung heroes.

The Southeastern Conference has a big week ahead, with four games between ranked teams, headlined by No. 6 Tennessee at top-ranked Auburn on Saturday

No. 7 Marquette (15-3) beat DePaul 85-83, OT; lost to Xavier 59-57. No. 8 Kentucky (14-4) beat No. 11 Texas A&M 81-69; lost to No. 4 Alabama 102-97. No. 9 Kansas (13-4) lost to No. 2 Iowa St. 74-57; beat Kansas St. 84-74.

Time to shuffle the teams and file another weekly ballot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. 1. Auburn (17-1) — Freshman guard Tahaad Pettiford, a 44% three-point shooter, carried the Tigers past Georgia. They’re off until Tennessee visits Saturday.

AMES — When a team is 15-1, ranked No. 2 in the nation and coming off a double-digit win against Kansas, the questions ... gunning for the top spot held by Auburn (16-1, 4-0 SEC).

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Tahaad Pettiford hit 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range, scoring 24 off the bench to help No. 1 Auburn escape No. 23 Georgia with a 70-68 win on Saturday. Auburn (17-1 ...