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Florida forward Alex Condon, who missed the last three games because of a sprained right ankle, is expected to return at Georgia on Tuesday. Condon turned his ankle in the first 30 seconds of a victory at Mississippi State two weeks ago. He leads the third-ranked Gators with 7.8 rebounds a game and ranks fourth on the team in scoring, averaging 10.6 points. He’s one of four Florida players — joining forward Sam Alexis and guards Walter Clayton Jr. and Alijah Martin — who have missed time during the team’s six-game winning streak.

The University of Utah fired men’s basketball coach Craig Smith a day after a 76-72 loss at Central Florida that dropped the Utes to 15-12 this season. Smith was in his fourth season in charge of the program. He was 65-62. Smith will be replaced by assistant coach Josh Eilert on an interim basis as the school conducts a national search. The Utes are 7-9 in the Big 12 Conference this season. The team advanced to the semifinals of the National Invitation Tournament a season ago while in the Pac-12.

There are quite a few mid-majors spending the next couple of weeks trying to make one last statement for the NCAA Tournament selection committee before they begin their league tourneys. In the Mountain West Conference, that includes San Diego State, Boise State and Colorado State, who could be fighting among themselves for an at-large berth. VCU and George Marson top the Atlantic 10 Conference and are hoping their body of work is enough for an at-large bid if one or both fail to win the A-10 tourney. And in the Big West, UC San Diego might not need to win its tourney to snatch an NCAA bid depending on how things shake out down the stretch.

Texas moved up to No. 1 in The Associated Press women's basketball poll for the first time in 21 years after Notre Dame lost in overtime to N.C. State. The Longhorns are the third different school to hold the top spot in the past three weeks. UCLA, Notre Dame, USC and UConn round out the top five. Florida State and Louisville re-entered the Top 25 while Illinois and Georgia Tech fell out of the poll.

Auburn remained atop the AP Top 25 for the seventh straight week Monday while preseason No. 1 Kansas fell out of the men’s basketball poll for the first time since February 2021. That ended a streak of 80 consecutive ranked weeks for the Jayhawks. The Tigers were a unanimous No. 1 and were followed by Duke, Florida, Houston and Tennessee in the top five. Ole Miss fell out along with the Jayhawks. They were replaced by Saint Mary's at No. 23 and BYU at No. 25.