The No. 8 Iowa State Cyclones boast a 17-4 record and a 7-3 record in conference. No. 4 Auburn, West Virginia, Arizona, and most recently, Kansas State, were responsible for their four losses. Houston, Arizona, and Texas Tech occupy the top three spots in the Big 12.

Zeke Mayo scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and No. 16 Kansas cruised to a 69-52 win over No. 8 Iowa State in a Big 12 Conference showdown on Monday night in Lawrence, Kan.

IOWA CITY — Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said Monday that star sophomore Owen Freeman would have been at risk of "permanent injury" if he had continued playing this season. Freeman will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season, the Hawkeyes announced earlier in the day. He was set to undergo finger surgery on his right hand Monday.

Two Big Ten basketball programs have received some bad news in recent days. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery announced Monday that leading scorer Owen Freeman will have finger surgery and miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season.

Iowa men's basketball announces that forward Owen Freeman will miss the remainder of the year with an injury requiring surgery.

Auburn men’s basketball sits atop the AP top 25 for a fourth straight week. It comes after victories at LSU and Ole Miss as the Tigers has now won 13 straight games. Reigning SEC player of the week Johni Broome reached his 13th double-double on the season, after back-to-back double-double performances last week.

Auburn and Duke remain 1-2 atop The Top 25 men’s college basketball poll for the third straight week, while Maryland is back in the rankings for the first time in nearly two

Auburn and Duke maintained their positions at the top of the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll but the rest of the top 10 looks very different.