And, in the game of the night, on CBS Sports Network, Oregon State beat nationally ranked Gonzaga 97-89 in overtime. Relatively speaking, it was a slow day in the sport (except for another Florida coach being accused of wrongdoing in a Title IX complaint).

The comments came as the state legislature is discussing expansive school choice voucher legislation in a special session.

Memphis is trending upward as it focuses on taking control of the American Athletic Conference race. The No. 19 Tigers (16-4, 6-1 AAC) have won three straight and seven of

Whittling it down to only a top 15 is inevitably a fraught endeavor that will end with great players getting snubbed. But for the purposes of this exercise, we looked for players who have been clear difference makers for successful teams,

For Kentucky, the game before The Game was a tough one on paper — a Tuesday night road contest against Rick Barnes' Tennessee Vols, who were ranked No. 1 in the country just a few weeks ago and listed as 10.

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

No. 19 Memphis visits the Tulane Green Wave after PJ Haggerty scored 23 points in the Tigers' 100-77 win against the UAB Blazers.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was in Nashville trying to talk lawmakers out of a state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

Bracketville's Dave Ommen has Memphis in his latest bracket as a 5-seed against McNeese State in Denver. Meanwhile, On3's James Fletcher III has the Tigers slotted as a 6-seed versus facing either North Carolina or BYU in Providence.

No. 25 UConn (14-6) vs. DePaul (10-11), 8 p.m. No. 16 Oregon (16-4) at UCLA (15-6), 10:30 p.m. No. 18 Illinois (14-6) at Nebraska (12-8), 8:30 p.m. No. 19 Memphis (16-4) at Tulane (11-9), 9 p.m.

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

Auburn keeps winning games that come down to the wire. It's kept them on top of the AP Top 25, too. The Tigers were the unanimous choice atop the men's college basketball poll for the second consecutive week Monday,