In ESPN's efforts to take over the world, we have another marathon of games tonight and tomorrow. Here's the guide on the games that will matter, and the games that won't.
Monday:
Miami at Florida (7PM) - Likely a Florida blowout win, house money chance for Miami
SMU at Gonzaga (11PM) - Highlighted in my daily posts, this is a big game for both teams - more for seeding than anything else, but still worth a lot
Detroit at Oregon (11PM) - meh
Tuesday:
Auburn at Colorado (1AM) - Bruce Pearl's gonna need a year to build this thing up. Skip
New Mexico St at St Mary's (3AM) - This will be a good game, and mandatory for St Mary's
High Point at Hawaii (5AM) - yawn
Iona at Wofford (7AM) - Actually...kinda of a decent game. Wofford is the SoCon favorite and Iona is probably the MAAC co-faves with Siena. Pecking order game here
Northern Iowa @ Stephen F Austin (9AM) - MASSIVE GAME for both. SFA has SoS problems every year, so hanging a signature win on the board in the non-con will be worth plenty. UNI is a bubble team itself, and a road win is a road win
Manhattan @ UMass (11AM) - UMass should win, could be a good spot for a mid-day nap after Iona/Woffrd and UNI/SFA
Baylor @ South Carolina (noon) - Should be safe to nap here too, expect Baylor to blow USC out
Wichita St vs. Memphis (2PM) - Pecking order game
Utah @ San Diego St (4PM) - Another pecking order game. Remember, the definition of a pecking order game - a game between two likely tournament teams, where the result doesn't matter for the bubble but does matter for the seedings
Toledo @ VCU (6PM) - Toledo is a contender in the MAC, not likely to contend for an at-large berth...unless they win this
Michigan St vs. Duke (7PM) - I suppose maybe this is a good game
Marquette @ Ohio St (730PM) - pass
Kansas vs. Kentucky (930PM) - Let's see if I'm right about these two teams
Texas Tech @ LSU (930PM) - LSU has to win this game if they're serious about being a NCAA team
My suggestion:
Monday night, stay up late for SMU/Gonzaga. If you can do NMSU and St Mary's, do it, but the weak may consider a few straight hours of sleep if needed. Wake up early for the end of Iona/Wofford and UNI/SFA. That's a good stretch of basketball to watch. Use the mid-morning to regroup if you need it, because once you hit 2PM, you need to watch to the end of the day.
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