Indiana came close to a confidence-building victory last time out and cannot let another opportunity to turn things around get away Sunday afternoon when it hosts struggling Rutgers in a Big Ten battle. The Hoosiers, who opened eyes with victories over Kansas and North Carolina in November, have lost four of their last five games after Tuesday’s 75-72 setback at Maryland.

Michigan State looks to push to the top of the Big Ten standings when it travels to face slumping Ohio State on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans are tied with Maryland at 4-1 for the top record in league play, while the Buckeyes are still looking for their first conference victory.

No. 22 Cincinnati looks to keep rolling in the American Athletic Conference when it travels to East Carolina on Sunday. The red-hot Bearcats are the only undefeated team in the conference and have won seven in a row and 12 of 13 overall.

SMU will try to rebound from its first loss since just after Thanksgiving when it visits Tulane on Sunday for an American Athletic Conference tilt. The Mustangs cruised to 10 straight wins and four in a row to begin conference play before falling at No. 22 Cincinnati 66-64 on Thursday, narrowly missing what would have been a mammoth road win and first place in the league.

Josh Pastner knew he was taking on a massive rebuilding job when he became coach at Georgia Tech before the season, but the Yellow Jackets are 2-2 through their first four ACC games entering Sunday’s matchup at North Carolina State. Georgia Tech has not been .500 through four conference games since 2010-11, and the duo of junior center Ben Lammers and freshman guard Josh Okogie are contributing 51.4 percent of the Yellow Jackets’ scoring so far in league contests.

Iowa looks to build on its biggest win of the season when it visits Northwestern on Sunday for a Big Ten contest. The Hawkeyes erased a nine-point deficit in the second half to knock off No. 19 Purdue 83-78 on Thursday - just over two weeks after suffering a humbling 89-67 setback against the Boilermakers.

Two struggling Pac-12 teams square off Sunday night in Boulder as No. 25 USC visits Colorado. The Trojans lost three of their last four games after a 14-0 start while the Buffaloes dropped four straight to join Oregon State as the only Pac-12 teams yet to win a conference game entering the weekend.