Oklahoma State's Big 12 campaign got off to a wonderful start with a rout of TCU at the beginning of last month, but the Cowboys' journey since that time has been littered with a bunch of close calls that haven't worked out in their favor. Coming off its fifth league loss by five points or fewer, Oklahoma State looks to avoid falling into a tie for last place in the conference when it squares off with the host Horned Frogs again on Monday.

Duke's collapse at the end of January and subsequent rare fall out of the Top 25 had been the talk of the ACC for nearly a month, at least up until Friday when Louisville announced it would self-impose a postseason ban for violations it committed within the men's basketball program. The Blue Devils eye a third straight win to begin February and close the gap on one of the ACC's two first-place teams Monday when they welcome the 18th-ranked Cardinals into Cameron Indoor Stadium.

It has certainly been a trying first season at the helm for St. John’s coach Chris Mullin. The Hall-of-Famer seeks to end the Red Storm’s record-setting losing streak when they visit long-time Big East rival Georgetown on Monday.

Oklahoma has had a terrific season to this point, but the second-ranked Sooners must rebound from their worst loss of the campaign Monday against visiting Texas. Oklahoma's first two losses came in a triple-overtime thriller at Kansas and a five-point road setback against a quality Iowa State team before an ugly defeat at Kansas State its last time out.

Coming off its biggest win of the season, Notre Dame will try to avoid a letdown when it visits Clemson in a key ACC matchup Monday night. The two teams enter with identical 7-4 records in league play, but the Fighting Irish have the momentum after an 80-76 win over top-ranked North Carolina on Saturday.