The Illini had the week's biggest slide by falling six spots after a weekend home loss to Southern California.
This week's AP top 25 men's basketball poll has Illinois at #19 in the country. That's down from #13 last week. Illinois stands at 13-and-4 on the season. Six Big Ten Conference teams are in the top 25 this week led by Michigan State (#12) and Oregon (#13). Purdue is 17th - Illinois 19th - Michigan 20th - and Wisconsin enters the poll at #24.
Illinois was the week's biggest riser, jumping nine spots from No. 22 to No. 13 after sweeping a West Coast swing.
West Virginia took advantage of the absence of Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic, who leads the Cyclones shooting 44.3 percent from 3 this season, in Saturday’s 64-57 win. As a team, Iowa State has a higher 3-point rate and shoots a better percentage with Momcilovic on the floor:
Missouri basketball is a top-25 team for the first time in nearly two years. Here’s where the Tigers landed in the major national polls.
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.
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points, and No. 1 Auburn beat No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome.
Coach Bruce Pearl, speaking Saturday after Auburn survived a 66-63 scare at South Carolina, termed the issue a significant sprain. Broome, who is averaging 17.9 points and 10.7 rebounds, was helped off the court and taken straight to the locker room after suffering the injury with 13:45 remaining.
No. 7 Marquette (15-3) beat DePaul 85-83, OT; lost to Xavier 59-57. No. 8 Kentucky (14-4) beat No. 11 Texas A&M 81-69; lost to No. 4 Alabama 102-97. No. 9 Kansas (13-4) lost to No. 2 Iowa St. 74-57; beat Kansas St. 84-74. No. 10 Houston (14-3) beat West Virginia 70-54; beat UCF 69-68.
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.
Oklahoma vs. Missouri gymnastics will be broadcast on SEC Network. Cord-cutters can live stream the meet on Fubo, which offers a free trial for new users.
Malik Dia's 23 points, 19 rebounds and 2 blocks led No. 21 Ole Miss to a 74-64 win over No. 4 Alabama on Tuesday.