Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

The Huskies have lost three times since the first meeting with the Blue Demons, an 81-68 road victory. UConn is coming off a 76-72 loss to Xavier and have alternated wins and losses for their last six games since the first meeting with DePaul. The squad sits at 14-6 and is 6-3 in the conference, two games behind Marquette and St. John’s at the top.

No. 1 Auburn (18-1) at LSU. Next: at No. 23 Mississippi, Saturday. No. 2 Duke (18-2) did not play. Next: vs. North Carolina, Saturday. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-3) did not play. Next: vs. Kansas St., Saturday. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) at No. 14 Mississippi St. Next: vs. Georgia, Saturday. No. 5 Florida (18-2) did not play. Next: at No. 8 Tennessee, Saturday.

No. 7 Michigan St. (18-2) at Southern Cal (12-8), 4:30 p.m. No. 9 Marquette (18-3) vs. No. 25 UConn (15-6), 8 p.m. No. 11 Kansas (15-5) at Baylor (13-7), 4 p.m. No. 12 Kentucky (15-5) vs. Arkansas (12-8), 9 p.m. No. 13 Texas A&M (16-5) at South Carolina (10-11), 8:30 p.m.

Auburn has all but sewn up its first one-seed since 1998-99 with an incredible 12-1 record against Quad 1 opponents. Houston led all teams with 13 Quad 1 wins in the regular season last season, and the Tigers have a chance to smash that mark with eight more Quad 1 matchups over their final 11 games of the regular season.

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It’s a well-deserved midweek bye for the No. 20 Missouri Tigers, who will enter the month of February at 16-4 (5-2 SEC), with just a couple of wins away from clinching an NCAA Tournament at-large bid.

Bad River Tribal Elder Joe Bates is traveling to showings of the film 'Bad River' in Toronto and Montreal, Canada. He’s hauling a 60-foot banner with him to raise awareness along the way and collect signatures to show how much support there is to end Line 5.

Plus, North Carolina’s path to the NCAA tournament narrows with the first of two rivalry games against Duke looming on Saturday.

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