Melvin Council Jr. is the heart and soul of this Kansas team, and he proved it once again in a win over Utah on Saturday.

After KU’s win at Texas Tech, both Peterson and coach Bill Self said that big man Flory Bidunga is the best defender in the nation. That was on full display back at Allen Fieldhouse. At one point in the first half, a Utah ball handler couldn’t get past Bidunga on a drive to the basket. While flustered, he threw the ball backward to a teammate.

Flory Bidunga had 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks and No. 11 Kansas beat Utah 71-59 on Saturday to take a seven-game winning streak into its Monday night home showdown with top-ranked Arizona.

Kansas basketball’s regular season saw its next game play out Saturday at home vs Utah. Here’s what happened during this Big 12 Conference game.

Darryn Peterson left Saturday's Kansas game against BYU.

Kansas is up to No. 11 in Tuesday morning's updated CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings, where Arizona remains No. 1 for the 24th consecutive day. Texas Tech is down to No. 17. Next up for the Jayhawks is Saturday's game at home with Utah. Two days after that, they'll host top-ranked Arizona inside Allen Fieldhouse.

Despite trailing by double digits at one point, Kansas prevailed yesterday in its Big Monday matchup in Lubbock. The Jayhawks pulled off a thrilling 64-61 victory thanks to the late-game heroics of freshman star Darryn Peterson.

The University of Kansas men's basketball head coach gave five-star prospect Tyran Stokes the cold shoulder despite trying to recruit him.