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No. 22 Texas Tech (16-4) beat TCU 71-57. Next: at No. 6 Houston, Saturday. No. 23 Mississippi (15-5) vs. Texas. Next: vs. No. 1 Auburn, Saturday. No. 24 Vanderbilt (16-4) did not play. Next: at Oklahoma, Saturday. No. 25 UConn (15-6) beat DePaul 72-61. Next: at No. 9 Marquette, Saturday.

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Campbell at Stony Brook, 1 p.m. Elon at Drexel, 1 p.m. Loyola Chicago at Rhode Island, 1 p.m. NC A&T at Hofstra, 1 p.m. Navy at Army, 1 p.m. Rutgers at Penn St., 1 p.m.

No. 2 Duke (17-2) beat Wake Forest 63-56. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) beat UCF 108-83; beat Arizona St. 76-61. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) beat Vanderbilt 103-87; beat LSU 80-73. No. 5 Florida (18-2) beat South Carolina 70-69; beat Georgia 89-59.