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Top 25 roundup: No. 9 Kansas ends No. 1 Arizona's perfect run
Kansas Jayhawks forward Flory Bidunga (40) hugs Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self after defeating Arizona Wildcats in the game inside Allen Fieldhouse on Feb. 9, 2026. Flory Bidunga scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as No. 9 Kansas handed top-ranked Arizona its first loss of the season, 82-78 on Monday at Lawrence, Kan.
The Wildcats (23-1, 10-1 Big 12) achieved the best start in Big 12 history at 23-0 overall before the defeat. Kansas (19-5, 9-2) beat the No. 1 team at Allen Fieldhouse for the first time ever after losing five such games, including to Arizona the last time in 2003.
The Jayhawks won their eighth straight game overall despite playing without freshman star Darryn Peterson, who had flu-like symptoms. It was the 11th game Kansas played without Peterson, who has dealt with an ankle sprain, hamstring strain and chronic cramping.
Arizona led by 11 with 17:02 to go before Kansas rallied, scoring seven straight points in little more than a minute, then keeping the score within six until a Bidunga field goal gave the Jayhawks the lead with 9:32 to go. Kansas never trailed again. Miami (Ohio) is the nation’s lone remaining unbeaten at 24-0.
No. 17 St. John’s 87, Xavier 82 (OT)
Zuby Ejiofor scored six points in overtime for the Red Storm, who fended off an upset bid by the Musketeers to win in New York, giving coach Rick Pitino another milestone win against his son Richard.
The win was the 904th on-court victory for the elder Pitino, who snapped a tie with Roy Williams for third-place all-time. On Jan. 24, the Red Storm beat the Musketeers for Rick Pitino’s 900th win. The NCAA recognizes Rick Pitino with 781 wins after he was stripped of 123 victories due to violations at Louisville.
Ejiofor finished with 25 points, seven rebounds and five assists for St. John’s (19-5, 12-1 Big East), which has won 10 straight — the third 10-game winning streak in the last two seasons under Rick Pitino. Tre Carroll had 21 points and eight rebounds but missed a potential game-winning shot at the regulation buzzer for Xavier (12-12, 4-9).
No. 24 Louisville 118, North Carolina State 77
Freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. tied the Louisville single-game scoring mark with 45 points and matched another single-game record with 10 3-pointers to lead the Cardinals past the visiting Wolfpack.
Brown matched Wes Unseld’s single-game school record set against Georgetown (Ky.) College on Dec. 1, 1967. Brown’s point total set the Atlantic Coast Conference freshman record, and his 10 3-pointers tied the school record established by Reyne Smith last season against SMU.
Ryan Conwell added 31 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Cardinals (18-6, 8-4 ACC), who have won four in a row. North Carolina State (18-7, 9-3) got 20 points from Ven-Allen Lubin but had a six-game winning streak end.
–Field Level Media
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Stephen Curry (knee) to miss All-Star Game
Feb 7, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) watches game action during the second half at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images Two-time NBA All-Star game Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry will not compete in Sunday’s annual showcase due to an ongoing injury to his right knee.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr announced the news prior to the Warriors’ game on Monday evening versus the Memphis Grizzlies.
Curry will not play vs. Memphis on Monday or San Antonio on Wednesday, missing his fourth and fifth consecutive games. He is suffering from patellofemoral pain syndrome, also known as runner’s knee.
The Warriors are hopeful that Curry will return after the All-Star break when they host the Boston Celtics on Feb. 19.
“It’s a matter of learning as I go what works rehab-wise,” Curry told ESPN. “Because it’s still painful. You have to try to get rid of all the inflammation and pain. It’s something we still have to monitor and injury-manage, but it’s something where, if I come back too early, it could flare up.”
Curry has missed 14 games to date, but is averaging 27.2 points per game, the fifth-highest per game total of his 17-year career.
He has not played since leaving a Jan. 30 home game vs. Detroit.
Curry joins the Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (abdomen) as All-Stars who will miss Sunday’s game in Los Angeles. Gilgeous-Alexander has been replaced on the Team World roster by the Houston Rockets’ center Alperen Sengun.
The NBA hasn’t announced a replacement for Curry on Team USA.
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Another huge night by Lamar Wilkerson leads Indiana past Oregon
Feb 9, 2026; Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Indiana Hoosiers guard Lamar Wilkerson (3) celebrates after a play against the Oregon Ducks during the first half at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-Imagn Images Lamar Wilkerson had another big night of offense, scoring 41 points to lead Indiana to a 92-74 win over Oregon in Big Ten men’s basketball Monday night at Bloomington, Indiana.
Wilkerson scored 25 points in the second half, making 8 of his 10 shots, and the Hoosiers hardly missed in the final 20 minutes. They made 18 of 22 shots and exploded for 56 points after a close first half.
The only four shots Indiana (17-8, 8-6 in Big Ten) missed in the second half were 3-point attempts.
Up by six at halftime, Indiana scored 14 points in less than four minutes to take control of the game. Wilkerson, Sam Alexis and Tucker Devries keyed the run as the Hoosiers went ahead 50-36 at the 16:13 mark.
Wilkerson had already scored 16 points in the first half, and was just getting started in the second. He exited the game with 1:57 to play to a roar from the crowd.
Alexis added 16 points and Devries 15 for the game. The Hoosiers made 30 of 50 shots in total.
The reeling Ducks absorbed their 10th straight loss. Oregon (8-16, 1-12) got 15 points from Nate Bittle, who made only 3 of 14 shots, and 15 from reserve guard Wei Lin.
Indiana has won five of its last six games. The Hoosiers trailed as much as five, 19-14 with less eight minutes left in the first half, but erased that deficit quickly.
Wilkerson continues to make a case for Big Ten Player of the Year. He scored his team’s final 10 points in an overtime win over Wisconsin last weekend, and entered the game averaging better than 23 points a game in conference play.
That number went up after his outburst on Monday. Wilkerson scored from all over the half-court and made 9 of 11 free throws.
Wilkerson, who previously played in college at Sam Houston State, added five rebounds and three assists while playing 35 minutes.
–Field Level Media
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Pair of 30-point scorers carry No. 5 Vanderbilt past No. 10 Oklahoma
Vanderbilt guard Mikayla Blakes (1) celebrates after defeating Florida at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. Mikayla Blakes scored 34 points and freshman Aubrey Galvan poured in a career-high 30 points, powering No. 5 Vanderbilt to a 102-86 win over No. 10 Oklahoma on Monday in Nashville.
Galvan hit 10 of 15 shots from the floor, including 3 of 5 from 3-point range, for the Commodores (23-2, 9-2 Southeastern Conference). Her previous best was a 20-point effort against Michigan on Jan. 19.
Blakes notched her eighth 30-plus-point game of the season, shooting 13-for-23 and adding six assists in Vanderbilt’s third consecutive win.
The Sooners (17-6, 5-5) dropped their second game in a row despite getting double-doubles from Raegan Beers (19 points, 11 rebounds) and Sahara Williams (17 points, 10 boards). Each of those two committed six of Oklahoma’s 22 turnovers.
The Commodores led 31-19 after the first quarter, and the margin never slipped into single digits through the rest of the game.
–Field Level Media
Stephen Curry (knee) to miss All-Star Game
Another huge night by Lamar Wilkerson leads Indiana past Oregon
