Nebraska basketball’s stunning rise: Huskers crack top 10 for first time since 1966

It seemed as though everybody in Nebraska was calling for Fred Hoiberg's job just a few years ago, when it also seemed as though the former Iowa State coach would be unable to replicate the success he had years earlier with the Cyclones. The Huskers won seven games his first season. Four more years down the road, Nebraska begins the week as one of six remaining unbeaten teams in Division I men's college basketball, and the Huskers barged into 10th in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday, the highest they've been since they were No. 9 on Feb. 28, 1966.

Carr and Kohler help No. 12 Michigan State rout USC, 80-51

Coen Carr scored 18 points and Jaxon Kohler added 16 on perfect shooting to lead No. 12 Michigan State to an 80-51 blowout against Southern California on Monday night. Jeremy Fears Jr. had 15 points and seven assists for the Spartans (13-2, 3-1 Big Ten), who took control with a 27-6 run early in the game and led by at least 20 for much of the second half. Kohler made all six of his field goal attempts, including a trio of 3-pointers, and sank his only free throw.