“They’re the No. 1 team in the country for a reason,” Arkansas coach John Calipari said ... The Jayhawks were followed by Houston and Illinois — the biggest climber this week, moving up nine spots — along with Mississippi State and Oregon.

Fortunately for the losing team, the Arkansas Razorbacks' basketball game with LSU Tuesday night was obscured by events.

More than two months into the college basketball season and with exactly two months to go until Selection Sunday on March 16, we now have a robust amount of data on which to evaluate players, coaches,

Ohio State is trying for its sixth title, and first since its 2014 team won the inaugural CFP. Notre Dame is going for its 12th title, and first since 1988.

Don't look now, but Tom Izzo has himself a squad. Missouri may have the best win of the week. Wake Forest solved a big problem.

Chris Boyd earned a runner-up finish in the men’s shot put, throwing 16.74m (54-11.25). In the invitational section, Willem Coertzen was sixth (17.68m/58-0.25) while Menachem Chen placed eighth (16.74m/54-11.25).

Tulane at Temple, 1 p.m. La Salle at UMass, 2 p.m. Rice at FAU, 1 p.m. Memphis at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Youngstown St. at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Iowa St. at West Virginia, 1 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 1 p.m. Seton Hall at UConn, 1 p.m. William & Mary at Northeastern, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Elon, 1 p.m. LSU at Florida, 1 p.m.

Bueckers scored points No. and 2,001 on a jumper with 8:05 remaining in the first half. Bueckers reached the mark in her 102nd game, breaking the program record of 108 games by Maya Moore.

JuJu Watkins scored 22 points as No. 4 Southern California held off a late-game surge from host Indiana to win 73-66 on Sunday afternoon in Bloomington, Ind.

Six-loss Arizona sits at No. 8 in the latest BPI rankings, as ESPN is taking into account the Wildcats’ strength of record and expected point margin moving forward as 12 of the 16 teams in the Big 12 Conference are considered Quad 1 competition.

Paige Bueckers scored 18 points to surpass 2,000 in her career and No. 6 UConn cruised to a 96-36 win over Seton Hall on Sunday.