The University of Arizona men’s tennis team (5-1) splits their ITA Kickoff Weekend series with a 4-0 win over USC (3-1) and a close 4-3 loss to the University of Central Florida (7-0).

UCF evened its Big 12 record on Saturday afternoon and is, perhaps expectedly, smack dab in the middle of the conference pack. The Knights (13-6, 4-4) sit in a three-way tie for eighth place, and they will reach the halfway point of the league schedule this upcoming weekend.

Plus, North Carolina’s path to the NCAA tournament narrows with the first of two rivalry games against Duke looming on Saturday.

West Virginia’s Javon Small gestured and yelled for a teammate — any teammate — to get open closer to the basket. When that didn’t work, the Big 12’s leading scorer

Zeke Mayo scored 24 points, including a pair of clinching free throws with 3.1 seconds left, and No. 11 Kansas rallied to beat UCF 91-87 and

Iowa State faces the No. 11 Kansas State Wildcats after Audi Crooks scored 22 points in the Cyclones' 90-56 win against the UCF Knights.

The Cougars finished tied for first place last season but did not qualify for the conference championship. They are the team to beat next fall.

Three days after one of the most heart-breaking, improbable losses in recent Kansas history, the Jayhawks will have to mentally and physically bounce back against a UCF Knights team that will surely want revenge after losing by 51 points in Orlando. Line: KU -13.5

The Cougars finished tied for first place last season but did not qualify for the conference championship. They are the team to beat next fall.

The Knights (13-6, 4-4) will look for revenge and a fourth Quad 1 win Tuesday before returning home Saturday afternoon.

Dillon Gabriel‘s well-traveled college career will be on full display in front of NFL scouts during Senior Bowl week in Mobile. The Oregon quarterback will emblazen his helmet with decals representing all three of the colleges he played for over his prolific six-year collegiate career — Oregon,

West Virginia lost to unranked Kansas State, and #12 Kansas lost to #7 Houston. UCF throttled TCU, and BYU handily beat Cincinnati.