With just two weeks remaining in the 2025-2026 college basketball regular season, North Carolina can ill afford another loss to Syracuse. The Tar Heels still have massive matchups against Louisville, Clemson and a season-finale rematch with Duke.

Big Ten women's basketball is in the thick of league play, and intriguing storylines are forming left and right. The top team is clear — but not much is beyond that. It'll be a nightly battle for league supremacy all the way through this conference season.

Duke Miles is expected to return for Vanderbilt basketball against Tennessee after being out nearly a month with knee surgery, coach Mark Byington said. Miles underwent knee surgery on Jan. 28 to correct a lingering injury and has not played since, missing six games. Vanderbilt (21-5, 8-5 SEC) went 4-2 in those six games.

It came in the form of a 91-80 victory at Purdue that pushed the Wolverines to 25-1 on the season and kept them No. 1 in Wednesday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings.

Coatesville Area High School (Pa.) five-star sophomore Colton Hiller is another potential 2028 Blue Devil recruiting target who views Duke as a "dream school." And the 6-foot-6, 210-pound small forward is also on tap to be in the nation's capital to attend the primetime bout on Saturday night.

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Darius Acuff Jr. was just one of several NBA Draft prospects who stood out Wednesday night, along with BYU's AJ Dybantsa, Tennessee's Nate Ament and Illinois' Keaton Wagler

As there have been critics talking about Kansas basketball star Darryn Peterson and his playing time as of late, head coach Bill Self has defended the guard at every opportunity he can get. While the narratives around the Kansas basketball star will continue, Self would give a solution to how the talks around Peterson will end.