Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half as No. 9 Marquette overcame Kam Jones' foul trouble to rally past Butler 78-69. The Golden Eagles won their third straight to stay tied with No.

NBA Hall of Famer and Marquette alumni Dwyane Wade revealed he had a cancerous tumor removed from his right kidney on Dec. 18, 2023. Wade made the announcement on his podcast, " The Why with Dwyane Wade ," in a men's wellness retreat conversation with co-host Bob Metelus.

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.

The Phoenix Suns are sending rookie big Oso Ighodaro to their G League team, the Valley Suns, the team posted on X Tuesday afternoon. Ighodaro is averaging 3.8 points on 55.8% shooting and 3.5 rebounds in 22 games this season.

Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 7 and was followed by the Vols, who balanced out their close loss to Auburn by beating No. 14 Mississippi State. Marquette and Purdue — which beat then-No. 21 Michigan — rounded out the top 10.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

Marquette men's basketball senior guard Stevie Mitchell always seems to have a little extra juice when he plays against Villanova. The native of Reading, Pennsylvania, is running out of games ...

Creighton has won five straight and seven of eight heading into Wednesday's matchup against Xavier in Omaha, Nebraska.

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.

Houston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Portland, 10 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 10 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

No. 2 Duke (17-2) beat Wake Forest 63-56. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) beat UCF 108-83; beat Arizona St. 76-61. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) beat Vanderbilt 103-87; beat LSU 80-73. No. 5 Florida (18-2) beat South Carolina 70-69; beat Georgia 89-59.

Although the teams have only played once in the past quarter-century, Arizona leads the series history 4-3. Here's what to expect when UA takes on No. 3 Iowa State on