But with the game on the line, he confidently sunk a stepback three and sealed one of Oregon’s (3-0) most impressive nonconference wins in recent memory, an 82-74 victory over No. 13 Memphis (2 ...

At the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, life-size statues, some in National Guard uniforms, proclaim, “I Am a Man.”

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

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.

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.

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.

Auburn and Duke remain at the top of the AP men's Top 25 hoops poll, while Texas Tech and Vanderbilt make their poll debuts and UConn clings to the No. 25 spot.

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team fell remained No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25, but fell two spots to No. 15 in the USA Today coaches poll.

No. 25 UConn (14-6) vs. DePaul (10-11), 8 p.m. No. 16 Oregon (16-4) at UCLA (14-6), 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.

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,

Tennessee bet big on tutoring and summer learning programs after the pandemic. However, MSCS has opted out of a separate NAEP assessment.

A state move to take over Memphis-Shelby County Schools is picking up steam after the district’s board dismissed its director eight months into the job. State Rep. Mark White, chairman of the House Education Committee,