Kansas and Oklahoma fall, Providence rallies and more from January’s final men’s

March Madness inches closer as January’s final Saturday, the 27th, provided excitement across the country. Here’s what you need to know from the men’s college basketball slate.

Kansas is now 3-3 across the last 18 days after losing to Iowa State 79-75. Kansas again struggled to get any scoring from its bench, as Parker Braun’s two points stand as the only made field goal from the bench in the last two games.

Meanwhile, Iowa State moves to 13-0 at home with its win. Tre King’s 21 points led the Cyclones to the home victory, adding in nine rebounds. Keshon Gilbert and Curtis Jones added in 16 points and 15 points, respectively.

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Texas Tech remains atop the Big 12 with a 85-84 win over Oklahoma, moving its conference record to 5-1. The Red Raiders have now won eight of the last 11 games against Oklahoma, winning the only regular season meeting between the two schools in 2024.

Chance McMillan starred for Texas Tech today, scoring a career-high 27 points with eight rebounds on 77 shooting from the field and 75 percent shooting from three (six makes). Pop Isaacs also had a big day, scoring 13 of his 18 points in the second half

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Georgetown head coach Ed Cooley returned to now-Big East rival Providence for the first time since accepting the Hoya job last March. Cooley’s Hoyas entered with just one Big East win to Providence’s four, but that didn’t keep this Saturday contest from being a close game.

Georgetown led 69-68 with 2:32 to play before Providence’s Devin Carter went off to close the game. Carter scored 11 of Providence’s final 16 points to give the Friars the 84-76 win to spoil Cooley’s homecoming. Carter finished with 29 points in 38 minutes and his teammate Josh Oduro scored 22 points on 80 percent shooting from the field.