No. 12 Kentucky was backed into a corner entering its showdown at No. 8 Tennessee on Tuesday night. The Wildcats had dropped two straight for the first time under first-year coach Mark Pope and were down two key players while entering a hostile road environment.

This season has reached its midway point and it’s time to look at the highlights of the year so far. The NJ Advance Media boys basketball staff has been in the gyms, gone through its notes and talked with plenty of players and coaches. Now, it’s time to honor the best from the first half of the regular season.

The new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league — co-founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart — is creating a spectacularly unique basketball environment.

Predictions, picks and odds as Memphis faces Rice this college basketball season. Plus, injury updates and latest news.

A mid-February meeting with Texas could decide who holds the cards to own the top No. 2 seed in the bracket, and there’s an opportunity to steal a line if the SEC winds up with two No. 1 seeds (a possibility). Or LSU could earn it outright by winning the SEC tournament.

Late game woes continue to plague Virginia as the Cavaliers let a 15-point second quarter lead evaporate and they fail down the stretch, losing to Miami 77-74.

The best part of Dan Hurley’s latest week at the center of sports villain discourse was his hard pivot on a podcast that was unfolding as expected — a little bit of damage control, a touch of mea culpa,

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No, not that Ben Johnson. This was the other Ben Johnson, the coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and he was talking about what it was like to stand on the court against Michigan State basketball and watch the Spartans up close.

Here's the scouting report for No. 1 Auburn basketball's matchup with No. 23 Ole Miss on Saturday, including the latest injury updates and a score prediction.