A leading scorer for a men's college basketball team died suddenly at the age of 24 over the weekend. Ishmael Smith, a junior guard from Maryland, passed away on December 14. He was a leading scorer for the West Virginia State University’s men’s basketball team.

Here’s a breakdown of where Duke is in the latest college basketball polls as of Dec. 15:

TCU was nearly upset, Georgia took care of business, Vanderbilt looked dominant, two players grab 16 boards each and more from Monday's college basketball action.

Florida's offense is falling in ESPN's BPI rankings, and the Gators are now on the outside of the top 10 looking in.

The Michigan State Spartans face the Toledo Rockets in this Tuesday night college basketball matchup at the Breslin Center.

There are seven undefeated teams in men's college basketball. Those teams include the Commodores as well as Michigan, Duke, Arizona, Iowa State, Nebraska and Miami (Ohio). Iowa State and Nebraska are 11-0 and Arizona is 9-0. The other four teams are 10-0.

Kansas guard Melvin Council Jr. and Texas forward Madison Booker are The Associated Press men's and women's college basketball national players of the week for Week 6.

In an appearance on the NBA on Prime Video pregame show, Silver mentioned the league was considering unique locations for the final game in future years. Amazon, who will broadcast the NBA Cup knockout rounds as part of its new media right deal, suggested looking at some storied college basketball arenas should the league decide to mix it up.