MU is in good shape now under head coach Shaka Smart. The Golden Eagles have been ranked in the top-10 of the Associated Press poll for long stretches in each of the past three seasons. And the team wears Jordan Brand sneakers that stay intact.

Texas Tech visits Kansas State today in Manhattan. Follow for live score updates from key Big 12 Conference action.

The 9th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks are in rebound mode as they head to Ames, Iowa, for a Wednesday night Big 12 battle with the No. 2 Iowa State Cyclones.

Ahead of Wednesday’s men’s basketball game against Kansas, the usual buzz was in the air. Like other conference rivalries, students were eager to cheer on their Cyclones and bring Hilton Magic to life.

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.

Texas Tech visits Kansas State today in Manhattan. Follow for live score updates from key Big 12 Conference action.

No. 25 Baylor (11-4) at Arizona (10-5), 11 p.m. No. 2 Iowa St. (14-1) vs. No. 9 Kansas (12-3), 7 p.m. No. 6 Tennessee (15-1) vs. No. 23 Georgia (14-2), 8 p.m. No. 10 Houston (12-3) vs. West Virginia (12-3), 8 p.m.

The Iowa State men are now ranked second in both the AP and Coaches Polls for college basketball. After a loss by Tennessee while No. 1 to Florida, the Cyclones

Farther down the poll, Michigan State made a significant jump, rising four spots to No. 12 following a 34-point rout of Washington and a win over Northwestern on the road Sunday. Illinois dropped six spots down to No. 19 after its double-digit loss to unranked USC without star freshman Kasparas Jakucionis.

A busy Week 9 in men's college basketball included an unbeaten team finally losing and a historic slate.

The new AP poll is out, and the Auburn Tigers are No. 1 on the list for the second time in program history. The first time was for three weeks in January and February of 2022. Auburn jumped Tennessee for the No. 1 spot after the Volunteers lost 73-43 to Florida on Tuesday in Gainesville. Tennessee had be No. 1 for five weeks.

As much as Ben Johnson or any other hotshot might have supplied some sizzle, that’s not what this Patriots team needs.