North Carolina is one of the hottest teams in college basketball and the No. 14 Tar Heels look to post their 12th straight victory when they host Notre Dame on Monday. The winning streak is North Carolina’s best since a 13-game run in 2008-09 and the Tar Heels are tied for third in the ACC with two regular-season games remaining. Notre Dame has suffered through a rough second half and lost 85-81 in overtime to Pittsburgh on Saturday.

Seton Hall opened Big East play with a double-overtime win against Providence two months ago, but it has been mostly upriver from there. One of the few other highlights for the Pirates was a win at Xavier last month and they’ll try to duplicate that performance Monday night when they host the Musketeers in the second-to-last game of the regular season for both teams. Seton Hall may have to move forward without leading scorer Fuquan Edwin (thumb).

Pittsburgh looks to continue gaining momentum for the postseason with a third straight victory when struggling North Carolina State visits for an ACC clash Monday. The Panthers lost five of seven games – dropping four out of five at home -- before beating Boston College by seven last Wednesday and outlasting Notre Dame 85-81 in overtime on Saturday in road contests. Pittsburgh must contain the ACC’s leading scorer, T.J. Warren, but the Wolfpack have stumbled to 1-4 in their last five.

Oklahoma State looks to follow up its biggest victory of the season when it continues a critical stretch of games at home against Kansas State on Monday. In great need of another notable win to boost their tenuous NCAA Tournament resume, the Cowboys got it Saturday night with a comeback 72-65 win over sixth-ranked Kansas. It was their third straight win following a brutal seven-game slide that included the three-game suspension of star guard Marcus Smart, who shined in the upset of the Jayhawks.