The Big 12 feels like the center of the college basketball universe for 25/26, with the AP No.2-ranked Houston Cougars, last season's NCAA tournament runners-up, joined by five more top-25 programs.

The college basketball action on Monday, Nov. 24 out in Las Vegas continues at the MGM Grand Garden Arena with arguably the biggest game of the week between the No. 8 Alabama Crimson Tide and the No.