The victory allowed the Blue Devils to move up two spots in this week's Top 25 Illinois boys basketball stare rankings, to No. 5. No. 6 Hinsdale Central and No. 7 St. Laurence also made upward moves inside the Top 10,

Here is the updated Eastern Mass. Top 25 boys basketball rankings. Please note all records are through games played on February 11 and as listed in Arbiter. 1. Newton North

Cretin-Derham Hall has left the ranks of the unbeatens. East Ridge recently defeated shorthanded Cretin-Derham Hall, 89-70, behind junior guard Cedric Tomes’ 32 points. Teammates Kyle Frendt and James Martin added 22 apiece.

When one team is 9-3 in the Big 12, and the other is 3-9, and the team that's 9-3 is at home, and the team that's 3-9 is missing its best freshman, there's no real reason to expect an instant classic.

JT Toppin scored a career-high 41 points and secured a steal with 33 seconds remaining in the second overtime as No. 12 Texas Tech escaped with a wild 111-106 win over Arizona State on Wednesday in Lubbock,

Texas Tech star forward JT Toppin posted a stat line not seen in 30 years in the Red Raiders’ win over Arizona State. The home clash between head coach Grant McCasland’s team and the Sun Devils was much more complicated than expected.

College basketball has had itself a week. Not only did No. 1 Auburn and No. 2 Duke lose, but No. 5 Tennessee and No. 9 St. John's both fell on the road, No. 11 Michigan State stumbled at home and unranked UConn went into Omaha and pulled one out over Creighton for the first time under Dan Hurley.

With just over a month until Selection Sunday, let's take another look at how the five major conferences compare in strength to each other. Surprised?

There is no hotter team in America than Kansas State. That's why the Wildcats made a big jump in this week's Big 12 power rankings.