Auburn has all but sewn up its first one-seed since 1998-99 with an incredible 12-1 record against Quad 1 opponents. Houston led all teams with 13 Quad 1 wins in the regular season last season, and the Tigers have a chance to smash that mark with eight more Quad 1 matchups over their final 11 games of the regular season.

Here is this week’s edition of Oregon State mailbag, where readers ask questions about Beavers’ athletics, and The Oregonian/OregonLive’s Nick Daschel gives an answer. As always, if you have a mailbag question,

MILWAUKEE — Marquette has promoted Mike Broeker to take over as athletic director from the retiring Bill Scholl. University president Kimo Ah Yun announced the move Tuesday and said Broeker ...

It is a top-25 Big Ten battle as Purdue faces Oregon. It’s time to continue our College Basketball odds series with a Purdue-Oregon prediction and pick. Purdue comes into the game at 14-4 on the year.

Zach Freemantle had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Xavier hung on in the final seconds to beat No. 7 Marquette 59-57 to earn its third straight victory while snapping the Golden Eagles’ six-game ...

No. 10 Purdue begins the second half of league play while wrapping up a three-game homestand on Friday when Indiana visits Mackey Arena for the 220th

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings: As of the morning of Jan. 27 Creighton: No. 34 Nebraska: No. 32 Omaha: No. 261 Creighton: No. 39 Nebraska: No. 63 Omaha: No. 202 Manage Omaha Subscription Activate Digital Subscription

The road to Gainbridge Fieldhouse was mapped out Sunday with the IHSAA girls basketball sectional and regional draw. Here are the statewide pairings for sectional play, which begins Feb. 4. Sectional 49. Bowman Academy (7): Bowman Academy, Kouts, Marquette Catholic, Morgan Township, Tri-Township, Washington Township, Westville

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

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 at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

The Texas A&M men’s basketball team fell remained No. 13 in the Associated Press Top 25, but fell two spots to No. 15 in the USA Today coaches poll.