The NCAA has recently announced that it is planning on having an early-season tournament in Dubai starting next year.

Wisconsin's opening NCAA NET ranking signals that standing. The team is down at No. 68 in the nation, with a 0-1 record against Quad 1 opponents, 0-1 vs. Quad 2, 1-0 vs. Quad 3 and 4-0 vs. Quad 4. The resume-based ranking differs from both KenPom and ESPN's Basketball Power Index, which rank the Badgers No. 27 and No. 25, respectively.

Wisconsin coach Greg Gard is in favor of playing more Big Ten games in December — and more games in general in the college basketball season.

CBS’ schedule Thursday night looked a little different. Most of the network’s Thursday night lineup were absent in favor of sports. NCAA Men’s Basketball took over a chunk of CBS’ primetime, as Duke went against Arkansas at 8 p.

With the win, North Carolina also received a bump in the NET rankings, which are updated daily to reflect games in college basketball. UNC shot up 11 spots going from No. 26 to No. 15 in the latest ranking,