The Wildcats’ horrible week of basketball featured the first home loss of the season and one of the program’s worst defeats in decades.

The 7-1 Wildcats (No. 35 in the NCAA’s NET rankings) haven’t lost since a season-opening setback against BYU (No. 10 in the AP poll) in Las Vegas, 71-66. Villanova hasn’t been seriously challenged since.

The Terrapins used three steals, three layups and four free throws to complete a 10-0 run to close the game, denying the Gophers an upset at Williams Arena.

Michigan State is one of six Big Ten teams in the latest AP Top 25 featuring Arizona as the new No. 1 following Purdue’s loss at home against Iowa State. The others are No. 2 Michigan, No. 6 Purdue, No. 13 Illinois, No. 23 Nebraska and No. 25 UCLA.

The season is heating up. Prolific Prep and Southeastern Prep Academy went head to head in a much anticipated matchup. Prolific was able to earn the win and de

CLEVELAND, Ohio — It didn’t take long for there to be a new No. 1 in the cleveland.com girls high school basketball Top 25. Archbishop Hoban moved up one spot to the top after a win over Big Walnut on Sunday, while former No. 1 Magnificat fell four spots to No. 5 after losing twice this past week.