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.

While Naz Reid is already rostered in 85% of Yahoo leagues, McDaniels will be easier to find on waiver wires. The offensive production isn’t the best (although he has shot 51.3% from the field over the past two weeks),

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 Colonial Valley Conference Tournament seeds have been finalized and West Windsor-Plainsboro North is the top seed in the bracket.

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.

Jacob “Jake” Jackson, 37, was tried for rape and molestation charges for allegedly abusing eight high school players he coached.

The New Mexico high school boys basketball season is in full swing, and High School On SI has scores for every team and classification. Keep track of New Mexico high school boys basketball scores below.

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.

A look at MSU's men's basketball game at USC on Saturday – including matchup analysis, how to watch and stream, the betting line and a prediction.