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The Kansas Jayhawks enter the conference schedule as the top dogs in the Big-12. The Iowa State Cyclones will be gunning for them as they journey to Ames to take on the Cyclones in a conference battle. A win for Iowa State would be a major resume builder and Kansas, even while ranking No.5 in the AP, isn’t without its concerns.... 

We have a great ACC matchup on tap for Saturday afternoon with a pair of top-10 teams squaring off on the hardwood. In the game, the No.4 Virginia Cavaliers will play host to the No.9 Florida State Seminoles in Charlottesville.... 

The Clemson Tigers will have to face two different No.1 ranked teams in the coming week with the football team battling Alabama for the National Title and the basketball team taking on the Duke Blue Devils on the hardwood. The first matchup of those two takes place on the basketball court and is the focus here.... 

While some of the nation’s best teams begin their conference schedule this weekend, Saturday’s most exciting showdown figures to feature the No.8 Michigan State Spartans and the No.14 Ohio State Buckeyes in a Big Ten showdown.... 

While the Alabama Crimson Tide football team is getting set for yet another National Championship Game, the basketball team has a tough matchup ahead of it as well as the Tide get set to host the Kentucky Wildcats in conference play.... 

It hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing to this point in the season for either the Stanford Cardinals or the UCLA Bruins as the two Pac-12 teams get set for their inaugural in-conference showdown of the NCAA basketball season.... 

It’s still quiet early in the conference schedule, but the Penn State Nittany Lions could use a win in the worst way as they travel to Ann Arbor to take on dynamic Michigan Wolverines squad that’s climbed to the second spot in the AP Poll and to No.4 in the Coaches Poll. ... 

Save for the SEC/Big-12 Challenge in January when the Kentucky Wildcats take on the Kansas Jayhawks, the Wildcats will otherwise close out the non-conference schedule on Saturday against the Louisville Cardinals in the KFC Yum! Center.... 

The North Carolina Tar Heels are looking to bounce back after losing to Kentucky. They now get to take on a different Wildcat team in the Davidson Wildcats on Saturday afternoon. Davidson offers a nice reprieve for the only three-loss team in the top-25 going into the week. ... 

The Wichita State Shockers close out their non-conference schedule on Saturday with a trip to Richmond to take on a VCU Rams team trending in the right direction.... 

The undefeated Kansas Jayhawks top the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll heading into this game on the road against the No.18 Arizona State Sun Devils who enter play undefeated at home. With Kansas yet to lose and Arizona State yet to lose at home, something has to give.... 

These are the type of non-conference matchups that makes early season college hoops fun. The Kentucky Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels are set to meet up in the CBS Sports Classic in Chicago on Saturday evening in a battle of top-25 teams, each with high hopes for the year.... 

The Texas Longhorns will welcome the Providence Friars to Austin on Friday night as they host the Big East program in what will ultimately be just its second true road game of the season.... 

The UCLA Bruins and Ohio State Buckeyes will meet on the hardwood on Saturday afternoon as part of the CBS Sports Classic in the Windy City. At 9-1 entering Tuesday, the Buckeyes come into play ranked No.15 in the nation while UCLA has struggled in their first few chances against some of the better college basketball teams in the nation.... 

Two of the nation’s top ranked programs will meet on the hardwood on Thursday night in the Big Apple as the No.11 Texas Tech Red Raiders take on the No.2 Duke Blue Devils at Madison Square Garden.... 

Each looking to rebound from a tough loss, the UCLA Bruins and Cincinnati Bearcats will face off at Fifth Third Arena on Wednesday night. Neither team are currently ranked amongst the top-25, but a big win by either team in this one could certainly improve their chances for consideration in the coming weeks.... 

The Princeton Tigers have their work cut out for them on Tuesday night as they travel to Durham to take on the Duke Blue Devils at the Cameron Indoor Stadium. After all, the No.2 ranked Blue Devils coming into play with just a single loss and a collection of top NBA draft prospects.... 

The Syracuse Orange are on the fringes of the NCAA top-25 rankings as they look to solidify their position amongst the college basketball elite in what is their final contest before conference play, hosting the Buffalo Bulls in the Carrier Dome.... 

As part of the Crossroads Classic, the Butler Bulldogs will take on the No.25 Indiana Hoosiers for supremacy in the state of Indiana. The Hoosiers would seemingly have the advantage in this one, but Butler is a quality basketball program and has gotten off to a solid start to the season. They also have a reinforcement coming.... 

The Arizona Wildcats will host the Baylor Bears at the McKale Memorial Center on Saturday night in tough matchup for both programs. Arizona is still figuring some things out, leading to their recent Alabama loss, but playing at home does give the Wildcats an upper hand.... 

It’s been a week since either the Kentucky Wildcats or Utah Utes have been on the hardwood and each will enter play on Saturday evening coming off a loss and looking to get back into the win column here as the nonconference schedule winds down.... 

The Gonzaga Bulldogs and North Carolina Tar Heels represent two of college basketball’s better teams as they gets set for a rematch of the 2017 National Title game on Saturday night. Gonzaga will try to rebound off their first loss of the year, dropping them out of the top spot in the AP rankings while UNC will try and hold on to an undefeated home record against its most difficult opponent to date.... 

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Purdue Boilermakers tip off on Saturday afternoon to start the Crossroad Classic as Indiana’s top four basketball programs battle it out for bragging rights in the Hoosier state.... 

The Kansas Jayhawks will welcome the Villanova Wildcats to the Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon for their first meeting since the Wildcats eliminated the Jayhawks in the Final Four last year. Villanova took care of business with a commanding 95-79 win in route to a National Championship.... 

The Villanova Wildcats are the reigning champions are go into this game as a ranked team, but are the fringes of the top-25 due to some lackluster shooting and some spotty play early. They’ll travel to take on the rival Penn Quakers on Tuesday night in the City of Brotherly Love....