North Carolina State looks to strengthen its NCAA Tournament resume with a third straight win as it hosts Boston College on Tuesday night. The Eagles are coming off an 84-67 home loss to Notre Dame that snapped a two-game winning streak and put a big dent in their chances of earning an at-large bid.

No. 1 Michigan State looks to clinch at least a tie for the BIg Ten Conference regular-season title when it hosts Illinois on Tuesday. The Spartans have won 10 straight and sit one game above both Ohio State and Purdue in the conference standings entering this contest, while the Illini are coming off a victory over Nebraska on Sunday which snapped a four-game losing skid.

No. 15 Ohio State looks to stay in the hunt for its first Big Ten regular-season championship since 2012 when it hosts Rutgers on Tuesday. The Buckeyes held a slim lead at the top of the conference standings before suffering back-to-back defeats to Penn State (79-56) and 16th-ranked Michigan (74-62) last week to fall one game behind No. 1 Michigan State with two contests remaining, and hope to stay in the race by avoiding their first three-game losing skid of the season.

Mississippi State knows it has an uphill climb to reach the NCAA Tournament, but a win at Texas A&M on Tuesday would give the Bulldogs a big boost. The Bulldogs have won five of their last seven to even their SEC record and climb into the middle of the league standings.

Two teams trying to avoid a late-season swoon and seal their bids to the NCAA Tournament field meet Tuesday night when Creighton visits Butler for an important Big East battle. Butler snapped a three-game slide with a huge 69-54 victory over Providence last time out while the Bluejays coughed up a 15-point second-half lead in a 90-86 setback Saturday against Marquette for their third loss in the last four league contests.

Since defeating Baylor in early January, West Virginia has been on a steady downhill spiral. The 21st-ranked Mountaineers aim to stop the bleeding Tuesday when they visit the Bears in Big 12 action.

Rhode Island no longer owns the longest winning streak in the country, so it will have to settle for trying to maintain its place in the Top 25 as it hosts La Salle on Tuesday in an Atlantic 10 game. The No. 18 Rams saw their 16-game run come to an end Friday at St. Bonaventure but have a chance to start a new one by beating the Explorers for a third consecutive time.

Nebraska entered last weekend knowing a loss in any of its final three regular-season games could be costly to its NCAA Tournament chances, so there figures to be no lack of urgency the rest of the way considering it forfeited whatever margin of error it had. Following a disappointing setback at Illinois, the Cornhuskers hope to continue their winning ways at home when they host surging Indiana on Tuesday.

Missouri looks to complete the season sweep of Ole Miss when it hosts the next matchup on Tuesday. The Rebels will play their first game under interim coach Tony Madlock following the resignation of Andy Kennedy on Sunday.

Arkansas looks to extend the SEC’s longest active winning streak and stay in position for a top-four seed in the conference tournament when it hosts Kentucky on Tuesday. The Razorbacks have won four straight to move into a four-way tie for third place in the SEC, one game ahead of the Wildcats.

Vanderbilt travels to LSU on Tuesday for an SEC clash and hopes to pack some of the magic the Commodores have displayed on their home court of late, after rallying from 11 points down in the second half Saturday to upend Florida 71-68 for their fifth-consecutive home victory. The challenge for Vanderbilt is translating that home success to road games, where the Commodores have lost all nine contests this season.