Although there likely isn’t another perch that large swimming in Lake Independence today, it still supports great perch, pike, walleye, and smallmouth bass fisheries.

Tennessee, Michigan State and Marquette are listed as No. 2 seeds and are joined by Florida. The Gators are fresh off one of the most impressive wins of the weekend, blasting Georgia, 89-59.

Stevie Mitchell scored 10 of his career-high 22 points during a key five-minute stretch in the second half as No. 9 Marquette overcame Kam Jones’ foul trouble to rally past Butler 78-69

There was change at the top of this week's USA TODAY Sports Bracketology with Alabama rising to a No. 1 seed at the expense of SEC rival Tennessee.

Sure, the win at Kansas is really the only marquee victory Houston has so far this season, but a 13-game winning streak with 11 double-digit wins over that stretch earns Kelvin Sampson's team a place in the top tier of the sport.

An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.

Bad River Tribal Elder Joe Bates is traveling to showings of the film 'Bad River' in Toronto and Montreal, Canada. He’s hauling a 60-foot banner with him to raise awareness along the way and collect signatures to show how much support there is to end Line 5.

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events (including everything from Summerfest to the Milwaukee Film Festival), access to members-only tours, and a host of other benefits.

Sleeping Bear Dunes and Presque Isle Park in Michigan are ranked among the best U.S. locations for witnessing a winter sunrise, according to a Mixbook survey.

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

The top five spots in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll remain unchanged, with Auburn still the unanimous No. 1 selection, while St. John's and Memphis made the biggest