The Wildcats are riding a five-game winning streak into a big week of basketball. But they’re still not back in the AP Top 25.

Eastern Kentucky looks to break its four-game losing streak when the Colonels take on FGCU. The teams match up Thursday for the first time this season.

Rivalry showdowns stole the show in college basketball on Saturday, as the first iteration of Duke vs. North Carolina delivered a thriller. The No. 14 Tar Heel took their first lead of the game with 0.4 seconds remaining when Seth Trimble hit a go-ahead 3-pointer to lift UNC to a 71-68 win over the visiting No. 4 Blue Devils.

Kentucky basketball is in the mix among the top teams in the SEC so far.

No. 7 Vanderbilt visits the No. 16 Kentucky Wildcats after Mikayla Blakes scored 30 points in the Commodores' 82-66 win against the Florida Gators.

Alabama and Kentucky are among the teams on the rise in the latest SEC basketball power rankings following impressive weeks.