Duke took a week off from its perch atop the rankings, but are back on top in the latest AP Poll.

Once again, the Longhorns proved that no lead of theirs is safe. Texas led No. 4 Kansas for all but 31 seconds of the game’s first 35 minutes and led by as many as 11 points in the second half.

Amid year four of a tenure that endured the worst in school history, USC men’s basketball coach Kevin O’Neill is gone. O’Neill was fired on Monday during a morning meeting, USC Athletic Director Pat Haden announced in a statement.

Coming into the 2012-13 college basketball season, preseason ACC favorite N.C. State had a motto for the year—“Our State”—in hopes of winning the ACC title over Triangle rivals Duke and North Carolina, who have maintained a firm grip on the conference crown for much of the past decade.

There were about 2,500 U. Oregon students in Matthew Knight Arena Thursday night, and by the end of the game all of them wanted a spot on the court. The Ducks came away with the 70-66 upset to take down the first top 5 team to play at Matthew Knight Arena, but that didn’t always look like it was in the cards.