Get ready for college basketball and Saturday’s matchup headlined by Auburn-Florida, Gonzaga-Kentucky and Baylor-KU.

Faizon Brandon earned a scholarship offer from Tennessee in June after a strong performance at one of the Vols’ camps and attended three of their home games in the fall. His regular visits to Tennessee helped get him noticed early in the recruiting process, and they impressed him again this weekend.The 2026 four-star linebacker from Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.

C. returned to Tennessee on Saturday for his first junior day of the year. It was his fifth visit with the Vols in less than eight months, and while his list of shows he’s coming to has grown steadily, he said Tennessee is “definitely one of my top teams right now” after the last program. trip to Knoxville..Faizon Brandon earned a scholarship offer from Tennessee in June after a strong performance at one of the Vols’ camps and attended three of their home games in the fall. His regular visits to Tennessee helped get him noticed early in the recruiting process, and they impressed him again this weekend.The 2026 four-

star linebacker from Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C. returned to Tennessee on Saturday for his first junior day of the year. It was his fifth visit with the Vols in less than eight months, and while his list of shows he’s coming to has grown steadily, he said Tennessee is “definitely one of my top teams right now” after the last program. trip to Knoxville..You know the drill. Quick thoughts on some of the best games.No. 19 Creighton at Xavier (12:30 p.m. ET, FOX): Opponents are shooting just 52% against Xavier. Are Trey Alexander and Ryan Kalkbrenner on hard times TCU at No. 14 Iowa State (2 p.m. ET, ESPN2):

Iowa State allows the fewest shots of any team in the nation. TCU’s offense has the fourth-highest rebounding rate of any team in the majors. What gives?no. 6 Tennessee at Texas A&M (8 p.m. ET, ESPN): If LSU held Tennessee to 18 offensive rebounds, does that mean Texas A&M will get 100? Tennessee’s efforts on the glass look great.no. 5 Houston at Cincinnati (4 p.m. ET, ESPN2): Cincinnati coughed up more than 19% of its possessions during Big 12 play. That’s the problem against or Lahkin make the right decisions on the flythis Houston defense. Can Vikt?.