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No. 6 Houston visits the West Virginia Mountaineers after J'wan Roberts scored 24 points in the Cougars' 92-86 overtime win over the Kansas Jayhawks.

The sixth-ranked Cougars (16-3, 8-0 Big 12) will look for another conference road win Wednesday at West Virginia (13-6, 4-4), which has dropped back-to-back contests following a rousing home win over then-No. 2 Iowa State on Jan. 18 in Morgantown, W.Va.

Home losses are rare enough at Kansas that prior to Saturday, the Jayhawks hadn’t experienced more than one in a single season since the 2017-18 campaign. Every other home loss in the six and a half years since has been followed by a road trip.

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women’s team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

Even with three straight wins and a 6-1 start in conference play under their belts, the Crimson Tide (17-3 overall) were dropped to No. 4 in the updated USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, released Monday. That’s because the coaches voted Iowa State (17-2) ahead of Alabama at No. 3.

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s season officially hit the danger zone Saturday. With monumental victories against the likes of Gonzaga, Kansas and Iowa State now in the rear-view mirror, the Mountaineers were blown away for a second consecutive game against an opponent near the bottom of the Big 12 standings.

After a very dramatic Week 11 where 19 ranked teams lost, things were a bit calmer in the college basketball world in Week 12. The Top 5 teams all managed to ha

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Dug McDaniel scored 15 points and David N’Guessan added 14 as Kansas State snapped a six-game skid with a 73-60 win over No. 23 West Virginia on Saturday night. The Wildcats (8-11, 2-6 Big 12) charged to a 19-2 lead and shot 26 for 55 (47.3%), including 6 for 17 from 3-point distance.

No. 5 Houston outlasted No. 12 Kansas in double overtime, 92–86, at Allen Fieldhouse in a game that was close throughout its 50 minutes of play. Kansas inbounded the ball after Houston's Emanuel Sharp hit a 3 to make the score 79–76 with eight seconds left.

Auburn's Tahaad Pettiford was sent to the line, but he only knocked down one, giving Tennessee the ball back with 12 seconds to play. The Vols pushed to their side of the court, and Rick Barnes called a timeout to set up the final play down 53-51.

The Cougars overcame six-point deficits with 1:09 remaining in regulation and eight seconds left in overtime to beat KU