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A good, healthy rivalry brings out the best in opposing parties. Unless it doesn't. With some help from the Beatles, the Bottom 10 looks at rivalries that aren't, and wonders whether UConn has gone fishin' or if the Huskies are swimming with the fishes.

Keep dreaming the impossible dream. That's the best advice the Bottom 10 can offer in any week, but it seems especially appropriate this time around.

The Bottom 10 looks to The Man In Black for help in all that's bad in college basketball.

Losses last week by top 10 teams Ohio State, Louisville and Florida caused some shifting in the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches' rankings released Monday.

Undefeated North Carolina and Kentucky held firm as Nos. 1 and 2 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll, with the only wrinkle to this week's top 10 coming from Pittsburgh's stunning loss to Long Beach State.

North Carolina is back in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' top 25, just in time for an ACC showdown with No. 5 Duke.

Jodie Meeks put together another huge performance, and Arizona cemented itself as a player in the Pac-10 race.

What college basketball programs have been the most consistent, the most prestigious since the 1984-85 season? After unveiling the top 290 schools all week, here are the top 10.

Losses last week by four of the top 10 teams in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll were of significant benefit to Tennessee and Stanford, two movers in the Top 25 who landed at Nos. 4 and 7, respectively, in the rankings released Monday.

For the first time this season, the Power 16 received an encore performance at the top spot.

Texas' impressive win at UCLA helped the Longhorns climb to the top of the Power 16. But was it good enough for the No. 1 spot?

Looking ahead to the next 10 years, Florida heads a list of blue-chip programs best positioned for continued success, writes Pat Forde.

Just four weeks after reappearing in the coaches' poll, the Vols (18-3) made their Top 10 debut. Currently riding a seven-game winning streak, Tennessee got wins at both Kentucky and Georgia last week to jump four spots to No. 10.

One of three unbeatens, Pittsburgh (14-0) rose two spots to No. 9 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll following wins last week over DePaul and then-No. 10 Louisville, which fell five spots to No. 15 after the loss.

The unbeaten Illini continue to roll and add to their lead in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.

So much for stability, another new team is atop ESPN.com's weekly rankings.