Alabama basketball picked up a resume-building win at Texas A&M over the weekend, so what did that mean for the Crimson Tide in the rankings?

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.

John's 52; Wisconsin 29; Arizona 29; New Mexico 19 ... Emilee Smarr covers Alabama basketball and Crimson Tide athletics for the Tuscaloosa News. She can be reached via email at esmarr@ ...

Cooper Flagg could be the first freshman to win the Naismith Award since 2019 when fellow Duke player Zion Williamson won the award. The list of freshmen winners is small, with Kentucky’s Anthony Davis (2012) and Texas' Kevin Durant (2007) also winning the award.

Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

The Iowa State men are ranked second in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll Top 25s, but the Cyclones are not second in the NET rankings. Despite knocking off Kan

The sixth-ranked Tennessee men's basketball team is headed to the midstate for a bout with Vanderbilt Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium. Tipoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. ET.

Auburn is No. 1 in the CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings for the sixth consecutive morning and will likely move to No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll when it updates later Monday.

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

Colgate at Lafayette, 1 p.m. Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wagner, 1 p.m. Albany (NY) at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Canisius at Fairfield, 2 p.m. Cornell at Penn, 2 p.m.

Georgia enters this week battling through five straight games against AP Top 25 opponents in the Southeastern Conference.

Davonte Miles, Justin Okoronkwo sign with USC, Clemson takes on Jeremiah Alexander of Alabama, and recruiters hit the road to bring on big local and national talent.