Men's college basketball and Illini beat writer Scott Richey projects his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA tournament. This week? A mix of Big Ten and SEC teams at the top. MIDWEST * 1.

No. 2 Duke (17-2) beat Wake Forest 63-56. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) beat UCF 108-83; beat Arizona St. 76-61. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) beat Vanderbilt 103-87; beat LSU 80-73. No. 5 Florida (18-2) beat South ...

No. 10 Marquette (17-3) beat Villanova 87-74. Next: at Butler, Tuesday. No. 11 Purdue (16-5) beat No. 21 Michigan 91-64. Next: vs. Indiana, Friday. No. 12 Kansas (14-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 7 ...

CCSU at Le Moyne, 7 p.m. Chicago St. at Stonehill, 7 p.m. LIU at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at N. Kentucky, 7 p.m. St. Bonaventure at VCU, 9 p.m.

No. 13 Texas A&M (15-4) at Texas (13-6), 2:30 p.m. No. 14 Mississippi St. (15-4) at South Carolina (10-9), 1 p.m. No. 15 Oregon (16-3) at Minnesota (10-9), 4 p.m. No. 16 Mississippi (15-4) at No. 22 ...

We’re approaching the mid-way point of the conference season — and we’re seeing separation in several power conferences.

With conference play well underway, and eight weeks to go until Selection Sunday, here is an early look at which teams could make the NCAA tournament field.

Top-ranked Auburn has two road games this week. The Tigers will be favored in both but could theoretically lose either. So, ...

Despite Iowa State ’s 64-57 loss at then-unranked West Virginia, the Cyclones moved down just one spot. While Alabama, ...

The Tennessee basketball team fell just short in one of the best games of this college basketball season, dropping a true ...

The Auburn Tigers needed a Johni Broome sized spark to get by the 6th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday night ...

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Miles Kelly hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 ...