L.J. Cryer scored 17 points and No. 6 Houston never trailed in beating West Virginia 63-49 for the Cougars’ 13th straight win.

For Kentucky, the game before The Game was a tough one on paper — a Tuesday night road contest against Rick Barnes' Tennessee Vols, who were ranked No. 1 in the country just a few weeks ago and listed as 10.

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No. 6 Houston takes on the West Virginia Mountaineers after J'wan Roberts scored 24 points in the Cougars' 92-86 overtime victory against the Kansas Jayhawks.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

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After another big victory against a highly ranked team, no team can match the season Auburn is having. It was also a big weekend for Houston.

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.

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.

All Times EST No. 1 Auburn (18-1) at LSU (12-7), 7 p.m. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) at No. 14 Mississippi St. (16-4), 9 p.m. No. 6 Houston (16-3) at West Virginia (13-6), 7 p.m. No. 17 Wisconsin (16-4)

A white-knuckle, double-overtime victory at Kansas on Saturday nudged Houston up the national rankings and extended its winning streak to 12 games. The sixth-ranked Cougars (16-3, 8-0 Big 12) will

West Virginia tumbled out of the AP Poll Top 25 on Monday after suffering a pair of losses last week, receiving three votes at No. 38. The Mountaineers (13-6, 4