Notable notes, stats that stand out, and emerging trends as college basketball closes out the month of January.

The Kenny Brooks era is off to a strong start in Big Blue Nation. But six of Kentucky's remaining nine games are against ranked opponents.

All Times EST No. 3 Notre Dame (17-2) at Virginia Tech (14-6), 6 p.m. No. 4 Southern Cal (18-1) vs. Minnesota (18-3), 10 p.m. No. 5 Texas (20-2) vs. Missouri (12-10), 9 p.m. No. 7 LSU (21-1) vs. No.

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No. 14 Maryland (17-4) beat Penn St. 82-73. Next: vs. Illinois, Sunday. No. 15 North Carolina (18-4) did not play. Next: at No. 19 California, Thursday. No. 16 Michigan St. (17-3) did not play. Next: ...

For decades, North Carolina basketball fans rarely had to contemplate the patterns and peculiarities of the NCAA Tournament ...

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 ...

Behind the scenes with the Eagles and Cadets, WCAC basketball powers who met Friday for an always-anticipated game.

ESPN+, 5:30 p.m. College Basketball Men’s Samford at Furman — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m. Charleston Southern at South ...

Star freshman Cooper Flagg scored 23 of his 28 points after halftime to help No. 2 Duke hold off North Carolina State 74-64. Fellow rookie Kon ...

Duke leads the ACC with its 9-0 conference record. Clemson moved into second place Saturday, improving to 9-1 by defeating ...

Georgia Tech only had one game last week, but they got an important win against Virginia Tech. Yes, the Hokies are not a very ...