Louisville looks to stay hot as it visits Notre Dame for an ACC matchup on Tuesday evening. The Cardinals have won nine of their last 11 games, while Notre Dame has dropped two in a row after winning its previous five.

Four ACC teams are ranked in the top 18 of this week’s USA Today Coaches poll. Two of them clash Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, N.C., as No. 14 North Carolina hosts No. 18 Clemson. 

Purdue puts its No. 3 national ranking, its share of the Big Ten lead and Division I’s second-longest win streak on the line Tuesday when it hosts Wisconsin. The Badgers were depleted by graduation in the offseason and have further been hampered by injuries, particularly in the backcourt, and given their current struggles at 9-9 overall, they are in definit

Two of the top four scorers in the SEC look to help their teams rebound from disappointing performances when Tremont Waters and LSU host Yante Maten and Georgia on Tuesday. For both the Tigers and the Bulldogs, last weekend marked missed opportunities to stay above .500 in conference play, as LSU lost its composure and struggled with its outside shooting in a 74-66 loss to Alabama, while Georgia could not get stops down the stretch in a 64-57 defeat to South Carolina.

One team will pick up a much-needed victory when Mississippi State hosts Vanderbilt on Tuesday. Both squads have lost three straight to slide down the SEC standings.

No. 11 Cincinnati is on such an impressive roll, it didn't exhibit an ounce of panic despite falling behind by double digits against South Florida last time out. The Bearcats cruised to victory in that one, but might have a more difficult time Tuesday if they get off to a slow start against host Central Florida.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim knows he’s wearing out his top three scorers, who also have played the most minutes per game in the ACC. He’s hoping to provide them some rest when struggling Pittsburgh visits on Tuesday.

The start of SEC play has sent Ole Miss and Texas A&M in different directions. The Rebels look to continue their strong start to conference play Tuesday as they visit the Aggies, who have dropped their first five league games.

Injuries and illness are starting to catch up with Kentucky, but the results have been pretty healthy so far. The 16th-ranked Wildcats look to win for the sixth time in seven games Tuesday when they visit South Carolina in SEC play.

Maybe Memphis will find a way to get Jeremiah Martin some time to catch his breath at some point in the near future, but coach Tubby Smith probably will not do so while his emerging star is setting a personal best every time he hits the floor. The reigning American Athletic Conference Player of the Week hopes to remain red-hot Tuesday when the Tigers attempt to move to 12-1 at home this season against Connecticut.

Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger was a two-time Big Eight Player of the Year as a point guard for the legendary Kansas State coach Jack Hartman, who also guided the Wildcats to four NCAA Tournament appearances and an Elite Eight in 1988 in his four years there as head coach. But all eyes will be focused on Kruger's current point guard, NCAA scoring leader Trae Young, when the sixth-ranked Sooners visit Bramlage Coliseum to face the Wildcats in Big 12 play Tuesday night.