No. 12 Kentucky was backed into a corner entering its showdown at No. 8 Tennessee on Tuesday night. The Wildcats had dropped two straight for the first time under first-year coach Mark Pope and were down two key players while entering a hostile road environment.

While Naz Reid is already rostered in 85% of Yahoo leagues, McDaniels will be easier to find on waiver wires. The offensive production isn’t the best (although he has shot 51.3% from the field over the past two weeks),

This season has reached its midway point and it’s time to look at the highlights of the year so far. The NJ Advance Media boys basketball staff has been in the gyms, gone through its notes and talked with plenty of players and coaches. Now, it’s time to honor the best from the first half of the regular season.

The new Colonial Valley Conference Tournament seeds have been finalized and West Windsor-Plainsboro North is the top seed in the bracket.

A mid-February meeting with Texas could decide who holds the cards to own the top No. 2 seed in the bracket, and there’s an opportunity to steal a line if the SEC winds up with two No. 1 seeds (a possibility). Or LSU could earn it outright by winning the SEC tournament.

Jacob “Jake” Jackson, 37, was tried for rape and molestation charges for allegedly abusing eight high school players he coached.

Assigning them to teams. The 10 players designated as starters were announced on Jan. 23, the remaining 14 players designated as reserves were revealed Thursday — and now, those 24 players will be drafted onto eight-player teams for the games that will be played on Feb.

Calipari's tenure at Kentucky ended with too many losses in March, but there's no denying he breathed instant life into a program that was struggling when he arrived.

Parkland High School’s boys basketball team is roaring down the stretch. The Trojans defeated top-ranked Allentown Central Catholic and Whitehall over the last week. They’re the biggest mover in the latest Top 12.