Highland School (Va.) five-star Nate Ament was in Knoxville on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-9, 185-pound forward, a longtime Duke basketball offer holder who now ranks No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, watched the visiting No. 12-ranked Kentucky Wildcats defeat the No. 8 Tennessee Volunteers, 78-73.

Darryn Peterson, a five-star Kansas basketball signee, has officially claimed the No. 2 spot in the latest 247Sports Top 150 rankings, surpassing Duke commit Cameron Boozer. The No. 1 ranking remains with BYU signee AJ Dybantsa,

Plus, the 6-foot-9, 185-pound five-star, sitting No. 4 overall on the 247Sports 2025 Composite, is set to return to Duke for the Blue Devils' home bout against the archrival UNC Tar Heels on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN).

The No. 2 Duke Blue Devils defeated the NC State Wolfpack on Monday night, 74-64, at Cameron Indoor Stadium. It was Duke's 18th win of the season and 14th consecutive victory, with the last loss coming on November 26 against Kansas in Las Vegas.

Duke's run of running over Atlantic Coast Conference opponents had given way to a stream of missed shots, turnovers and rising pressure from a surging home team backed by a rowdy crowd. The result was the kind of win — holding off Wake Forest in Duke's closest ACC call — that Jon Scheyer figured this year's group needs to live up to with the growing-louder expectations of a Final Four run.

Everything you need to know in order to watch the Duke Blue Devils take on the North Carolina State Wolfpack on Monday, Jan. 27.

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

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

Despite Iowa State ’s 64-57 loss at then-unranked West Virginia, the Cyclones moved down just one spot. While Alabama, Florida and Tennessee stayed put, Michigan State (16-2) and Houston (14-3) made significant jumps.

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.

Duke freshman phenom Cooper Flagg turned in another monster performance Monday night as the No. 2 Blue Devils edged NC State 74-64 after facing their first halftime deficit in a home game this season.

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum used a certain word to describe Duke basketball this season on the recent episode of the Brotherhood podcast. Here's what Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer said about it.