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The Cougars received 34 of 60 first-place votes in Monday’s poll to return to the top after a two-week stay there earlier this season. Kansas was second and had 22 first-place votes, while Purdue fell from No. 1 to No. 3.

The UConn men’s basketball team came in at No. 2 in the AP Top 25 rankings released Monday for the second consecutive week. There was no movement in the Top 5, which includes No. 1 Purdue, Houston, Kansas and Arizona.

The Saint Louis point guard is dazzling—and dominating—with his passing ability. Plus, five observations from the week in hoops.

Leonard, the winningest coach in state history, has won more than 400 games and after the Cyclones’ 44-20 win against Providence, he will retire with six state championships.

Quarterback Blainey Dowling has passed for 35 touchdowns and more than 2,491 yards so far this season. Both numbers smash the school’s previous records.

Four new teams join and Providence makes its season debut.

SI’s annual preseason list is here, with insights on the expectations of dozens of programs across the country.

If Villanova is to return to the top of the league, it will have to go through Creighton—and without Jay Wright.

Breaking down the week’s best games.

Key Takeaways: The CEO of Everest Medicines resigned two days after the company announced its loss grew sharply in the first half of the year The company also lost an important potential new revenue source after transferring rights for one of its core products to another company By Emily Chan

Bozeman Health had a problem, one that officials at the health system with hospitals and clinics in southwestern Montana said had been building for months.