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. 7 Houston (15-3) at No. 12 Kansas (14-4), 6:30 p.m. No. 8 Michigan St. (16-2) vs. Rutgers (10-9) at New York, 1:30 p.m. No. 9 Kentucky (14-4) at Vanderbilt (15-4), 2:30 p.m. No. 13 Texas A&M (15-4 ...

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

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Michigan (1992-1994 ... As much as I love sports (Marquette, Auburn, NY Jets and Islanders and Houston Astros) and politics, my family and my faith (Catholic) are the most important things ...

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that Auburn had been the best team in Ken Pomeroy’s database on Dec. 15 in any of the last 14 seasons. At that time, Auburn had an adjusted efficiency margin of 35.01.

Illinois climbed two spots – to No. 22 – in the latest AP Top 25 poll, which was released Monday. The Illini (9-3, 1-1 Big Ten) have an immediate opportunity to score their biggest win of the ...