The Commodores and Cornhuskers have outperformed preseason expectations, headlining this week's biggest risers.

TCU women’s basketball (15-1 overall, 3-1 Big 12) rebounded from its first loss of the season with a 69-61 win over Oklahoma State (13-4, 2-2) and extended its home winning streak to 35 games.

The Providence Journal is live at Amica Mutual Pavilion as Providence men's basketball hosts UConn in Big East play.

Arizona is off to the third-best start in school history, best since 2013-14 when it won the first 21 games of the season. But at some point, the Wildcats are going to lose. There hasn’t been an undefeated national champion in men’s college basketball since Indiana in 1975-76.

On Wednesday night, the BYU basketball program will host its first Big 12 home game against Arizona State. The Cougars are looking to 2-0 in the Big 12 and even

Michigan State got a career-night out of Carson Cooper, who finished with 18 points and nine rebounds. Fears starred for the Spartans in the second half after a rough start, finishing the night with 15 points and five assists. Jaxon Kohler was his consistent scoring and rebounds machine self with 15 points and eight rebounds as well.

Asha Pratt had 17 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, as Mechanicsburg girls basketball beat Mifflin County 50-34 Thursday.

Get WIAA schedules and scores as the 2026 Washington high school girls basketball season continues on Friday, January 9