Saturday features 19 teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 in action as part of a loaded college basketball schedule. The day’s top game takes place in Ames, Iowa, when No. 23 Iowa State hosts No. 7 Kansas in a marquee-ranked matchup on CBS.
Iowa State’s clash with Kansas is one of two ranked-on-ranked games this weekend. The other features No. 11 Oklahoma hosting Big 12 leading Texas Tech in another highly anticipated Big 12 showdown.
Other big games this weekend include No. 12 Duke hosting Clemson, No. 9 Arizona looking to get back on track against Oregon and No. 6 Kentucky traveling to face Arkansas in a hostile road environment.
After Auburn fell to Alabama earlier this week, there is only one team in a Big Six conference still perfect in league play. That team would be No. 3 North Carolina, which travels to Tallahassee, Florida, to take on Florida State in one of the first games of the day.
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Clemson at No. 12 Duke
4 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free) — After a head-scratching performance in a loss to Pitt last weekend, Duke struggled midway through the second half in the following game against Louisville before pulling away at the end for a 14-point win. In that game, Duke guard Tyrese Proctor scored a career-high 24 points and four other players finished in double-figures. As for this game, it will be a battle of star big men when Duke’s Kyle Filipowski goes up against Clemson’s PJ Hall. If the Blue Devils have aspirations of chasing down North Carolina in the ACC standings, they will have to take care of business at home. Prediction: Duke -7
No. 9 Arizona at Oregon
5:30 p.m. | Fox, fuboTV (Try for free) — Arizona is one of the biggest mysteries in this sport right now. The Wildcats can look like perennial national championship contenders one night and look like a team destined for another…
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