The Wisconsin Badgers are 14-3 and ranked No. 24 in the AP Men’s Basketball Top 25 Poll as they head to Southern California for a date with the Big Ten newcomers USC Trojans. Ever since they lost to the Illinois Fighting Illini on Dec.

BOTTOM LINE: Big Ten foes Oregon and Wisconsin meet on Saturday. The Ducks are 9-1 in home games. Oregon is 2-0 in games decided by 3 points or fewer. The Badgers have gone 1-2 against Big Ten opponents. Wisconsin averages 13.3 turnovers per game and is 3-1 when winning the turnover battle.

Wisconsin continues to trend positively after its recent stretch of play, the latest result being a narrow victory over Ohio State. The team is threatening a move into the Big Ten’s top tier. Wins over USC and UCLA will be paramount to achieving that standing.

EUGENE — Fueled by stretches of lockdown defense and a range of scorers stepping up, Oregon women’s basketball beat Wisconsin, 68-52, on Saturday afternoon at Matthew Knight Arena.

BOTTOM LINE: Iowa faces Oregon in Big Ten action Sunday. The Ducks are 11-1 on their home court. Oregon is 12-5 against opponents over .500. The Hawkeyes are 2-5 against Big Ten opponents. Iowa is fifth in the Big Ten with 18.0 assists per game led by Lucy Olsen averaging 5.0.

Purdue and Oregon meet in a high leverage Saturday afternoon showdown in Eugene.  The Boilermakers rallied in the second half to take care of Washington, settin

Here is our updated top-25 team rankings in the transfer portal as of Friday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m. ET: 25. Virginia Cavaliers (Points: 42.66) 24. Minnesota Golden Gophers (42.70) 23. Alabama Crimson Tide (43.76)

ESPN college basketball and bracketology expert Joe Lunardi published the latest edition of his projected 68-team tournament field on Thursday, leaving Oregon as a No. 3 seed. Lunardi, who updates his projections twice per week, had the Ducks listed as a No. 3 seed before their two most recent wins: on the road over both Ohio State and Penn State .

The Oregon Ducks landed former Tulane running back Makhi Hughes out of the transfer portal earlier this month. Hughes is ranked among the best running backs tha

We asked three former coaches who know the Ducks well whether major changes are needed to win the CFP, or if tweaks will suffice for Dan Lanning and Co.

And, in the game of the night, on CBS Sports Network, Oregon State beat nationally ranked Gonzaga 97-89 in overtime. Relatively speaking, it was a slow day in the sport (except for another Florida coach being accused of wrongdoing in a Title IX complaint).

In the Piedmont Triad in Rockingham County, north of Greensboro and 29 miles south of Martinsville, Virginia, lies Reidsville, North Carolina, where Kendre