Fourth-ranked Virginia jumped on the backs of De’Andre Hunter and Kyle Guy to earn two important wins last week and will need another big effort from the star guards when it visits No. 16 Virginia Tech on Monday night in an ACC showdown. Hunter drained 13-of-21 shots and averaged 20 points while Guy made nine 3-pointers and scored 42 combined in wins over North Carolina and Notre Dame.

No. 23 Wisconsin looks to bounce back from a difficult week when it hosts Illinois on Monday in a Big Ten game. The Badgers came into their showdowns with seventh-ranked Michigan and No. 12 Michigan State riding a six-game winning streak, but suffered a pair of setbacks to the Wolverines (61-52) and Spartans (67-59) to fall three games off the pace in the race for the conference title, and hope to get back on track by beating the surging Illini for the 15th consecutive time.

Kansas State will try to take another step toward for its first conference title since 1977 when it visits West Virginia on Monday in a Big 12 contest. The No. 18 Wildcats had their nine-game conference winning streak snapped with a 78-64 loss to No. 22 Iowa State on Saturday, seeing their lead shrink to one-half game over No. 14 Kansas and No. 15 Texas Tech, but of bigger concern could be the health of senior forward and Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year Dean Wade.

After consecutive defeats and losing two more players to injury, TCU's hopes for a second consecutive NCAA Tournament bid after a 19-year absence have taken a hard hit. With games against three ranked Big 12 teams upcoming, the Horned Frogs still have a chance to make a strong impression on the committee but they can't afford to look past a struggling Oklahoma State team in Stillwater, OK on Monday.