FOX Sports college basketball bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy offers up his latest NCAA Tournament projections, with Michigan State rising.

Grant Nelson erupted for 25 points and Mark Sears added 24 as the Crimson Tide (15-3 overall, 4-1 SEC) defeated the Kentucky Wildcats, 102-97, at Rupp Arena. Alabama’s victory came four days after an ugly 74-64 loss to the Ole Miss Rebels at Coleman Coliseum.

No. 2 Duke (17-2) beat Wake Forest 63-56. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) beat UCF 108-83; beat Arizona St. 76-61. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) beat Vanderbilt

An Alabama man was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of a sextortion scheme that caused the death of a U.P. teenager.

CCSU at Le Moyne, 7 p.m. Chicago St. at Stonehill, 7 p.m. LIU at St. Francis (Pa.), 7 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at N. Kentucky, 7 p.m. St. Bonaventure at VCU, 9 p.m.

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings:

No. 7 Houston (15-3) did not play. Next: at No. 12 Kansas, Saturday. No. 8 Michigan St. (16-2) did not play. Next: at Rutgers, Saturday. No. 9 Kentucky (14-4) did not play. Next: at Vanderbilt, Saturday. No. 10 Marquette (17-3) beat Villanova 87-74. Next: at Butler, Tuesday.

Iowa St. at West Virginia, 1 p.m. Ohio St. at Penn St., 1 p.m. Seton Hall at UConn, 1 p.m. William & Mary at Northeastern, 1 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Elon, 1 p.m. LSU at Florida, 1 p.m.

An Alabama man who laundered money for Nigerian sex extortionists in a scheme that resulted in the death of a northern Michigan teen has pleaded guilty, federal attorneys say.

No. 2 Duke (17-2) beat Wake Forest 63-56. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) beat UCF 108-83; beat Arizona St. 76-61. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) beat Vanderbilt 103-87; beat LSU 80-73. No. 5 Florida (18-2) beat South Carolina 70-69; beat Georgia 89-59.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Miles Kelly hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining and Johni Broome had 16 points and 13 rebounds in his return to the lineup as No. 1 Auburn extended its winning streak to 11 games with a 53-51 win over No. 6 Tennessee on Saturday night.