With the 2025-26 season more than halfway done, there are some teams that have risen to the March Madness conversations, while others are falling out.

UConn has had the most difficult schedule of the undefeated teams to this point, with the NET plopping them at the fifth-toughest schedule out of 363 teams. The Huskies dominated Notre Dame on Monday, and play Seton Hall again before January ends.

The Cyclones have played the last few games without starters Addy Brown and Arianna Jackson, both of whom remain out indefinitely. Brown's absence has been particularly tough for Iowa State -- she is their second-leading scorer (13.1 points per game) and top rebounder (9 per game).

Former Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako is suing the NCAA in attempt to return to the Crimson Tide. Bediako filed a request in Tuscaloosa Circuit Court on Tuesday, asking for “immediate preliminary and permanent injunctive relief.”

A dynamic junior college wing announced his commitment to the Bradley men's basketball team. Learn about him here.

The North Carolina Tar Heels got swept on a West Coast swing as their defense let them down, sending Hubert Davis' team in the wrong direction on the latest college basketball stock watch.

On Wednesday evening, the BC men’s basketball team will play host to the Pitt Panthers in Conte Forum for a January ACC clash. BC is coming hot off of their first ACC win of the season, when they defeated Syracuse in overtime at Conte on Saturday.

Okorie is one of the best scorers in college basketball. The Stanford guard scored a career-high 36 points (with nine assists) during an upset win over North Carolina. The nine assists Okorie recorded also marked a new career best. He has four games this season with at least 30 points. Last week: 9