“They're the No. 1 team in the country for a reason,” Arkansas coach John Calipari ... They were followed by Marquette, the Gators, UConn and Texas A&M, which routed Texas for the Aggies ...

No. 25 Baylor (11-5) did not play. Next: vs. TCU, Sunday.

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.

Saturday, Jan. 18 Phoenix at Detroit, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. Washington at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 9 p.m.

Auburn is in line to ascend to No. 1 in the AP poll Monday on the heels of Tennessee's first loss of the season

As Matt Norlander and I discussed on Sunday's episode of the Eye On College Basketball Podcast, it really does, at this point, kinda f

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A look at the day's live sporting events on television.

No. 18 Gonzaga (14-4) beat San Diego 93-80; beat Washington St. 88-75. No. 19 Memphis (13-3) beat East Carolina 74-70. No. 20 Purdue (13-4) beat Rutgers 68-50; beat Nebraska 104-68. No. 21 West Virginia (12-3) lost to Arizona 75-56; beat Colorado 78-70. No. 22 UCLA (11-5) lost to No. 24 Michigan 94-75; lost to Maryland 79-61.

Sanford Council discussed progress on the development of the village's pump track and expanding the Veterans Memorial at its Jan. 13 meeting.

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.

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team beat Kentucky twice last season, but the Aggies are eyeing their first win over the Wildcats on the road since 2013 this Tuesday.