A Nigerian-based conspiracy to extort money from a Marquette teen resulted in a guilty plea on money laundering.

An Alabama man was convicted Wednesday of conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of a sextortion scheme that caused the death of a U.P. teenager.

An Alabama man pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to the sextortion scheme that resulted in the death of a Marquette, Michigan teenager.

Dinsimore Guyton Robinson, 29, of Huntsville, Alabama, is one of five U.S.-based defendants charged in the case and the first to enter a guilty plea.

Fresh off another productive week, the Wisconsin men moved up in the latest college basketball rankings. The Badgers are now 17th in both the AP and Coaches Polls, climbing one spot in the AP and two in the Coaches.

Illinois is ranked 18th in the new AP Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Illini (14-6, 6-4 Big Ten) also are 20th in the coaches' poll.

Here’s where the Nebraska, Creighton and Omaha men and women landed in the NCAA's latest NET rankings: As of the morning of Jan. 27 Creighton: No. 34 Nebraska: No. 32 Omaha: No. 261 Creighton: No. 39 Nebraska: No. 63 Omaha: No. 202 Manage Omaha Subscription Activate Digital Subscription

A busy Week 11 in men's college basketball is over.

The top five spots in this week's Associated Press Top 25 poll remain unchanged, with Auburn still the unanimous No. 1 selection, while St. John's and Memphis made the biggest

Texas Tech made its Top 25 season debut at No. 22 after beating Cincinnati and Oklahoma State to run its Big 12 winning streak to four games. Vanderbilt entered the poll at No. 24 for the first time since Dec. 7, 2015, as the women's team also cracked the poll this week for the first time since 2014.

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.

No. 25 UConn (14-6) vs. DePaul (10-11), 8 p.m. No. 16 Oregon (16-4) at UCLA (14-6), 10:30 p.m. No. 18 Illinois (14-6) at Nebraska (12-8), 8:30 p.m. No. 19 Memphis (16-4) at Tulane (11-9), 9 p.m.