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Old School Meets New School
Can the Gonzaga Bulldogs end the season and enter March Madness undefeated? The Zags face their biggest remaining regular season test on Saturday night when they travel to the Bay Area to take on the Saint Mary’s Gaels. Saint Mary’s has only lost twice this season, once already to Gonzaga, and will be looking to gain a split of the West Coast Conference title with a win in this one. If Gonzaga emerges victorious in this one, it will be odds-on to enter the NCAA Tournament with an unblemished record....
It’s been an awful year for the Oklahoma Sooners. Oklahoma looks set to finish dead last in the Big 12 just one season after making the Final Four in one of the worst collapses we have ever seen in college basketball. For a moment, the Sooners looked like they might shock the Big 12 again and sweep West Virginia on Wednesday night, but the Mountaineers came back and put those hopes to bed. All that’s left now is ruining other teams’ seasons and next up on the list is the Iowa State Cyclones who can’t afford a loss with their fringe bubble status....
The Villanova Wildcats coverless streak extended to six straight on Tuesday night when it pulled out an 11 point win as near 15-point favorites against Georgetown. They’ll look to put an end to that streak on the road Saturday afternoon when they invade Cincinnati for a huge No. 1 versus No. 2 matchup with the Xavier Musketeers. Though a win won’t earn the X-Men the conference lead, it won’t stop them from looking to avenge a bitter defeat suffered to the Cats over a month ago....
The Florida State Seminoles could find themselves in a position to reclaim the top spot in the ACC on Saturday night dependent upon what goes down in Durham on Thursday night. If that turns out to be the case, they’re still going to get a game effort from a Notre Dame Fighting Irish squad that enters off a satisfying win and cover against upstart Wake Forest last time out. Especially with the Noles taking the meeting in Tallahassee earlier this season....
Playing at home against a team in the middle of the ACC pack, this is a game that the Louisville Cardinals figure they should win. North Carolina probably thought the same thing when they faced the Miami Hurricanes two weeks ago, but it was Miami that pulled off the 15-point stunner against the No. 9 Tar Heels. And for the Canes to improve their at-large tournament hopes, a similar victory will surely help. But this one is on the road where the Cardinals have lost just once all season....
The No. 3 ranked Kansas Jayhawks will have had four-plus days to recuperate from the gauntlet the team just went through when they head down south to match up against a Texas Tech Red Raiders outfit badly in need of a big win to jumpstart the team for the stretch run. Chris Beard’s squad has been pretty decent in Lubbock, so the Big 12 leader’s best take them seriously in the rival’s final meeting of the regular season....
The Alabama Crimson Tide will no doubt be jacked for this afternoon tussle after outlasting South Carolina in a triple overtime thriller to log their seventh SEC win of the season. Whether they’ll have enough gas in the tank to run with the Kentucky Wildcats remains to be seen, but after getting embarrassed in all three meetings last season, they’ll no doubt give it the old college try....
The Arizona Wildcats suffered their first Pac-12 loss of the season last time out to Oregon, but still sit in a tie with the Ducks for the conference lead. They will aim to bounce back in a matchup with the California Golden Bears next time out....
The Marquette Golden Eagles are on the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bubble as the regular season draws to a close, and every win is critical down the stretch. They have a big game coming up this week against the Georgetown Hoyas....
With the NCAA Tournament bubble encircling both teams, the Atlantic 10 matchup between the Dayton Flyers and Rhode Island Rams has added significance. The teams are separated by a game at the top of the standings, but gaining quality wins at this stage of the season is most important. Of course winning the conference tournament brings the automatic bid, but these clubs can’t count on that, so piling up as many victories as possible will give them a shot....
The No. 10 UCLA Bruins have some work to do if they’re to once again become a topic in the regular season Pac-12 championship discussion. Steve Alford’s squad will be presented an excellent opportunity to throw its hat back into the ring on Thursday night when it welcomes the No. 7 ranked Oregon Ducks into Tinseltown for the heavyweight’s second and final meeting of the regular season. Oregon stole one at the buzzer in these team’s late December meeting that kicked off conference play....
The Florida State Seminoles haven't had a team anywhere near this good in quite some time. Leonard Hamilton's crew is going to be back at it on Wednesday night in Tallahassee in a game that would historically give this club some issues. The N.C. State Wolfpack have already gone on the road and beaten Duke this year, so the Noles had better be careful if they're thinking that this game is going to be as easy as the one they had last Sunday against Clemson.Don't miss the action on the hardwood from the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee at 7 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 8, 2016. Catch every moment of the game live on ESPN2....
The American Conference has been whittled down to a two-team race, as the SMU Mustangs are only a half-game behind Cincinnati as the two teams prepare to clash this week. Before SMU plays that crucial contest, it must travel to face off against the Temple Owls....
The Purdue Boilermakers have reeled off consecutive wins over ranked opponents and hope to stay among the Big Ten contenders with another win over the Indiana Hoosiers. Indiana has lost three of its past four games and has now dropped to one of the bubble teams for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament....
Coach K is back and it looks like the Duke Blue Devils are too. Following an uncharacteristic stretch where they lost three of four, the Blue Devils are trending up with their coach on the bench and a roster of players that is getting healthy. And that’s not good news for the North Carolina Tar Heels, who have a slim lead at the top of the ACC standings. But the fierce rivalry always brings out the best in the teams and the first meeting of the season should be no different....
The Florida Gators are feeling good after a convincing blowout victory over top-10 foe Kentucky last time out. They must not soak in that victory too long as another SEC game awaits against the Georgia Bulldogs....
Off a huge come-from-behind overtime win that snapped the Kansas Jayhawks 51-game home win streak, the Iowa State Cyclones will close out their two-game road trip in Austin where they’ll run up against a Texas Longhorns squad that’s had their number in recent years. The Horns have toppled the Clones six of the last seven times they hosted this rivalry and will be favored to win their third straight in front of the hometown faithful....
The last time the Oklahoma Sooners won a game, it went into Morgantown and scored an 89-87 overtime victory against the West Virginia Mountaineers. The loss was a huge shock for those that backed the Huggy Bear’s kids who went off the board favored to win that game by 16.5 points. After just having their three game win streak snapped by Oklahoma State, the Mountaineers will invade Norman in an ornery mood looking to avenge that ghastly defeat....
The Michigan Wolverines find themselves planted directly on the NCAA Tournament bubble after falling at home to what’s proven to be a not so good Ohio State team. A terrible loss for sure, but it can all be swept under the rug if John Beilein’s kids can find a way to hand the streaking Michigan State Spartans a defeat on Super Tuesday. That will likely prove to be a heck of a chore with Sparty taking each of the last five skirmishes....
The LSU Tigers couldn’t make the NCAA Tournament with Ben Simmons last season and now they’re trying to stay out of the basement in the SEC. It’s going to take plenty of work down the stretch to do that. The Tigers haven’t won a game since the first week of the New Year and eight of the nine losses in that span have come by double-figures. Kentucky hasn’t played its best over the past week, but they shouldn’t have a problem disposing of LSU....
Playing in the Big East allows plenty of opportunities to collect wins over ranked opponents. The Georgetown Hoyas aren’t ranked in the AP top 25, but they have the most victories against ranked foes of any team in the conference that hasn’t garnered a national rating, and just knocked off Creighton and Butler in consecutive games last week. They’ll get another shot at taking down a ranked team when they visit the Villanova Wildcats on Tuesday....
Louisville has the higher ranking but must go on the road for this showdown. Virginia not only has the home court advantage but has also been a tad better in the conference. Both are aiming for the top of the standings but there are many teams pushing for it with so many top-tier squads facing off.The ACC has great games seemingly each week and this one should be added to the list....
Kansas is the better team but must go on the road for this one, and check often to see if any of the players are suspended. Jayhawks Lagerald Vick is under investigation for felony vandalism while star guard Josh Jackson is a person of interest in the case.Police are also investigating an alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl at an on-campus dorm in which the basketball team lives in. Carlton Bragg has been suspended indefinitely after being charged with possession of drug paraphernalia....
Indiana has had an interesting season, knocking off some elite teams but losing too many overall, and hopes to pull the upset. Wisconsin has been the better team this season and is playing at home, so clearly it will be the favorite in this matchup.This war on the floor will go down Sunday, February 5, 2017, at 1 p.m. ET at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The game will be televised live on CBS....
There’s no doubt as to who the two best teams in the Missouri Valley Conference are. The Illinois State Redbirds and the Wichita State Shockers have dominated the conference this season and barring a mammoth collapse from both sides, one of these two teams will win the regular season title. Illinois State is undefeated in conference after knocking off Wichita State in Normal in what was the lone Shockers MVC loss this year....
