The Super Bowl is over and March Madness is a solid month away. Welcome to February, when regular season NBA and NHL games dot the sports landscape before pitchers and catchers report to give a hint that baseball season is on the horizon.
Michigan is the number one team in the country for the first time since 1992 when the Fab Five was roaming around campus. The Wolverines put their ranking on the line for the first time tonight when they host Northwestern.
The University of Kentucky may be the defending national champion in men's hoops, but it needs a win tonight to show the nation it hasn't fallen too far off.
After one week out of the top spot, Duke has regained its position as the number-one ranked team in the land and will take to the court for the first time this evening to defend its ranking.
The place to be in the sports world today is Los Angeles, where the top two team in the NBA's Western Conference will duke it out when the Clippers host the Thunder.