Highland School (Va.) five-star Nate Ament was in Knoxville on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-9, 185-pound forward, a longtime Duke basketball offer holder who now ranks No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, watched the visiting No. 12-ranked Kentucky Wildcats defeat the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 78-73.
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Auburn and Iowa State extended their winning streaks this week to nine and 12 games, respectively, further entrenching themselves at the top of the men's college basketball power rankings as both handled top-15 opponents at home with ease -- Auburn against No.
If you drew up the seed list for the NCAA Tournament, the Tar Heels might be an 11. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi had North Carolina down as an 11-seed on Tuesday morning — hours before the Tar Heels lost at Pitt, 73-65.
UCLA and South Carolina remain atop the women's poll, while Texas is back in top five and Vanderbilt is ranked for first time in 11 years.
Auburn survived a challenge from Tennessee and the Tigers remain the No. 1 team in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll followed by Duke.
As we approach the midpoint of conference play, let's take a closer look at some teams rising up the rankings thanks to their defense.
Duke moves up a spot to No. 2 while continuing its romp through ... The Badgers have won seven in a row and enter the poll at No. 19. St. John’s, Missouri and Texas Tech also move in. Gonzaga, Utah State, Georgia and Baylor fall out.
Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.
Alabama was ranked No. 11 in the national polls, but picked to finish 10th in the SEC this season, showing just how tough the conference is. The coaches predicted newcomer Texas to win the league with Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas A&M rounding out the top five.
The Duke freshman is reaching the upper echelon of one-and-done prospects over the last 25 years in men’s college basketball.