Collin Sexton, the lone Jazz core player playing on Tuesday, put up 30 efficient points in a performance that wasn't quite enough. Plus, thoughts on Cooper Flagg and more.

The Duke Blue Devils surged back in the second half against NC State to win their 14th straight and improve to 10-0 in ACC play.

Grand Canyon won its fourth consecutive Western Athletic Conference men's basketball game in dominating fashion on Saturday night. The Lopes shots 58% from the field, made 19-of-22 free throws and got another double-double from center Duke Brennan in a 79-66 win at Utah Tech to improve to 15-5 overall, 5-1 in WAC play.

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — JaKobe Coles’ 18 points helped Grand Canyon defeat Utah Tech 79-66 on Saturday night.

Duke ascended to its highest ranking in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll since the 2023-24 preseason on Monday with a leap from No. 3 to No. 2 behind unanimous No. 1 Auburn. The Blue Devils,

Auburn emerged from the week unscathed and remained No. 1 in the USA TODAY Sports men's basketball poll but the top 10 got shuffled by losses.

Duke is arguably the best team in the country … when it plays at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils have a net rating of plus-45.7 per 100 possessions at home, per CBB Analytics, and that was before a 25-point shellacking of Stanford on Sunday. For reference, that net rating places Duke in the 100th percentile.

Star freshman Cooper Flagg had 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists as second-ranked Duke pushed past Wake Forest 63-56. Fellow freshman Kon Knueppel had 15 points for the Blue Devils. Duke won despite missing its first 13 shots after halftime and going 1 for 19 through the first 12 minutes of the second half.

Plus, the 23-year-old from Norfolk, Va., who was a McDonald's All American as a prep and No. 15 overall draft pick after consistently improving as a two-year Duke basketball player, chipped in nine rebounds, five assists, and one steal while committing only one turnover across his 33 minutes on the floor.

There will be plenty of movement in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll on Monday after a wild week of conference play across the country. Eighteen ranked teams took at least one loss, and two of them fell twice.