Nineteen of the teams currently ranked in The Associated Press Top 25 poll will be in action Saturday as a stacked college basketball schedule takes center stage here in mid-January. The fun begins in Lexington when No.

The freshman guard sets a new season high with 24 points that made the difference in the tight bout against rival Georgia

A pair of top 15 teams at the top of the SEC meet up on Tuesday, Jan. 14 when the No. 1 Auburn Tigers host the No. 15 Mississippi State Bulldogs at Neville Arena in Auburn, Ala.

Earlier in the week, while discussing Auburn, I explained why I think the Tigers deserve their No. 1 ranking but acknowledged I also find it hard to believe they're actually the best team in the country without the injured Johni Broome.

It's only been a day since Auburn was pushed into the No. 1 spot in all of the polls, and it didn't have much of a problem playing like it. The home atmosphere helped with the energy throughout, but the team was just that strong.

Mississippi State Bulldogs (14-2, 2-1 SEC) at Auburn Tigers (15-1, 3-0 SEC) Auburn, Alabama; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -7.5; over/under is 151.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Auburn ...

The Auburn Tigers will take the court against the Mississippi State Bulldogs as the nation's No. 1 team but without star Johni Broome.

Johni Broome 's injury makes Auburn's spot more tenuous, but the Tigers beat Mississippi State by 22 even without him. Duke is barely breaking a sweat while blowing out inferior ACC competition. And then there's Iowa State, which has only a two-point loss to Auburn blemishing its résumé and just dispatched Kansas by 17.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points, and No. 1 Auburn beat No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome.

Broome went down with an ankle injury sidelining him the remainder of last weekend’s 66-63 victory over South Carolina. The university announced Broome’s injury as a non-surgical ankle sprain.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Chad Baker-Mazara scored 20 points, and No. 1 Auburn beat No. 15 Mississippi State 88-66 on Tuesday night in its first game without star center Johni Broome. Chaney Johnson ...