In the past, Riley has occasionally gotten into it with his superstars near the end of their Miami tenures. He had contract tensions with Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade, which prompted Wade's stunning departure to his hometown Chicago Bulls in free agency during the summer of 2016.

Creighton forward Mason Miller knew something needed to change. So he texted his dad — Mike Miller, a 17-year NBA veteran who won two championships with the Miami Heat.

Tuesday, Jan. 21 New York at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Orlando at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, 10 p.m. Washington at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Mike Lopresti breaks down who to look for and who's missing in the top ranks of this men's college basketball season so far.

Here at FootballScoop, we do our own Year-End Top 25, but we do it differently. Rather than rank the top 25 teams, we rank the top 25 seasons. This an avenue to view teams on somewhat equal footing: How did you perform relative to your own expectations, history and resources? Did you beat your rival and/or win your conference?

Jan. 21

Just one week after reiterating his trade request to Pat Riley, Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler remains on the team. However, the trade deadline is just a couple of weeks away.

St. Francis (Pa.) at Wagner, 1 p.m. Brown at Cornell, 2 p.m. Columbia at Princeton, 2 p.m. Dartmouth at Yale, 2 p.m. Mercyhurst at LIU, 2 p.m. Penn at Harvard, 2 p.m. Hofstra at Drexel, 3 p.m. Morehouse at Howard, 4 p.m.

No. 7 Marquette (15-3) beat DePaul 85-83, OT; lost to Xavier 59-57. No. 8 Kentucky (14-4) beat No. 11 Texas A&M 81-69; lost to No. 4 Alabama 102-97. No. 9 Kansas (13-4) lost to No. 2 Iowa St. 74-57; beat Kansas St. 84-74.

No. 1 Auburn (16-1) beat No. 15 Mississippi St. 88-66. Next: at No. 23 Georgia, Saturday. No. 2 Iowa St. (14-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 9 Kansas, Wednesday.

The college basketball season is heating up. Here are the teams that would have the top seeds if the NCAA Tournament started tomorrow.

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