The giant ore dock, which stretches out into the waters, is a potent symbol of a region and city founded on extraction. Nearby, a new sculpture, the Seven Grandfather Teachings, is testament to the Anishinaabe peoples’ cultural and ancestral ties to the lands they have inhabited since time immemorial.

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Michigan State moved up one spot to No. 7 and was followed by the Vols, who balanced out their close loss to Auburn by beating No. 14 Mississippi State. Marquette and Purdue — which beat then-No. 21 Michigan — rounded out the top 10.

No. 12 Michigan St. (15-2) beat Penn St. 90-85. Next: vs. No. 19 Illinois, Sunday. No. 13 Oregon (15-2) did not play. Next: vs. No. 17 Purdue, Saturday. No. 14 UConn (13-4) did not play. Next: vs. Creighton, Saturday.

No. 13 Texas A&M (15-4) at Texas (13-6), 2:30 p.m. No. 14 Mississippi St. (15-4) at South Carolina (10-9), 1 p.m. No. 15 Oregon (16-3) at Minnesota (10-9), 4 p.m. No. 16 Mississippi (15-4) at No. 22 Missouri (15-4), 6 p.m. No. 19 UConn (14-5) at Xavier (12-8), 8 p.m.

No. 1 Auburn (17-1) beat No. 15 Mississippi St. 88-66; beat No. 23 Georgia 70-68. No. 2 Iowa St. (15-2) beat No. 9 Kansas 74-57; lost to West Virginia 64-57. No. 3 Duke (16-2) beat Miami

Gonzaga lost to Oregon State and Santa Clara, falling out of the AP Top 25 for the first time since early last year. Georgia dropped out from No. 23 following losses to Tennessee and Auburn. Baylor, No. 25 a week ago, is out after after losses to Arizona and TCU.

Georgia entered the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday for the first time in 14 years. One day later, on Tuesday, the Bulldogs played at Tennessee. Four days after that, on Saturday, they'll host Auburn.

St. John's at Georgetown, 6:30 p.m. Cent. Michigan at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Providence at Seton Hall, 7 p.m. Dayton at St. Bonaventure, 8 p.m. North Carolina at Pittsburgh, 9 p.m.

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.

No. 2 Duke (17-2) beat Wake Forest 63-56. No. 3 Iowa St. (17-2) beat UCF 108-83; beat Arizona St. 76-61. No. 4 Alabama (17-3) beat Vanderbilt 103-87; beat LSU 80-73. No. 5 Florida (18-2) beat South Carolina 70-69; beat Georgia 89-59.