E.C. Matthews, Jared Terrell and the rest of the seniors from No. 16 Rhode Island will be honored on Senior Night when they host Saint Joseph's for an Atlantic 10 game Tuesday. The Rams, led by their five seniors, captured their first outright Atlantic 10 regular season title with Friday's 25-point victory over Dayton and can set a record for home wins by beating the Hawks.

No. 17 Tennessee continues its quest for at least a share of the SEC regular-season title when it visits surging Mississippi State on Tuesday night in the penultimate league game for both teams. The Volunteers won their last two contests to move within one game of first-place Auburn, which visits Arkansas on Tuesday, while Mississippi State badly needs a high-profile win to enhance its NCAA Tournament resume.

Alabama looks to stop its season-high losing streak at three games when it hosts Florida on Tuesday in a pivotal SEC matchup. The Gators are in a four-way tie for third place in the conference, while the Crimson Tide are a game behind that group and tied with Missouri for seventh. 

Missouri followed its last three-game losing streak with five straight wins, and it hopes to start a similar turnaround when it visits Vanderbilt on Tuesday. The Tigers have dropped three straight to slide into a tie for seventh place in the SEC standings, while the Commodores are tied for last. 

 

Oklahoma State has lost three of its last four games to fall off the NCAA Tournament bubble, but the Cowboys still remain an intriguing team heading into the final week of the regular season. Coach Mike Boynton’s squad looks to regain some much-needed momentum Tuesday when the Cowboys visit Iowa State, which has dropped four straight and sits last in the Big 12 standings.

With the regular season winding down, No. 9 North Carolina is heating up with six straight wins and is in position to clinch a double-bye for the ACC Tournament with a victory over visiting Miami on Tuesday night. The Hurricanes reached 20 wins for the sixth time in coach Jim Larranaga's seven seasons with a last-second 79-78 triumph over Boston College on Saturday and desperately need to keep winning to have a chance at an NCAA Tournament berth.

Despite playing some uninspired basketball of late, No. 15 Auburn still controls its own destiny with two games remaining in the regular season. The Tigers can clinch at least a share of the Southeastern Conference title with a win Tuesday night at rival Arkansas.

No. 24 Creighton likely did enough over the first three months of the season to assure itself an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament, but the team's play for most of February was a cause for concern nonetheless. The Bluejays changed the narrative of their month by defeating fifth-ranked Villanova over the weekend, which should allow them to close the month out on a high note if they beat DePaul in their regular-season home finale on Tuesday.

Baylor's first attempt to get a handle on the nation's leading scorer was largely unsuccessful in what turned out to be a hard-fought win for Oklahoma at the end of last month. Given their uncertain status as a potential NCAA Tournament bubble team at the moment, the Bears would be well-served to find a way to contain Trae Young when they see him again nearly one month later on Tuesday as the Sooners attempt to end an eight-game road losing streak.

Kansas State can clinch at least a No. 4 seed and a first-round bye in next week's Big 12 Tournament with a victory at TCU on Tuesday. The Wildcats, who lead the Horned Frogs by one game, also have the upper hand by virtue of their 73-68 victory over the then-No. 25 Horned Frogs on Jan. 20 behind 20 points from junior forward Dean Wade as the teams are also trying to impress the NCAA Tournament selection committee.