Welcome to what might or might not be a daily feature. We'll see. This will likely be a "time permitting" feature each day on the blog. Let's look at the games which might have impact in March:
Connecticut v. Maryland
Oregon v. Georgetown
St John's v. Wisconsin
Colorado v. Baylor
All 4 are neutral site games. These schools vary in level from expecting to contend for a protected seed to in a fight for the bubble, but the reward is the same for each: a solid win to add to your road/neutral record in March. Every notch in that ledger is valuable.
Boston College at Providence
Alabama v. Oklahoma (neutral site)
Not included above, as these teams are a bit farther off the bubble. Still, these kinds of matchups are good early litmus tests to see where each conference is. For example, with the SEC having tanked the last couple of years, they need these games in their favor.
Mercer at Texas
Buffalo at Texas A&M
FGCU at Nebraska
My mid-major green light special of the day. Odds are your upset of the day happens in at least one (or all) of these games. And frankly, I think the mid-majors are the better teams in these games.
Murray St at Valparaiso
I find this interesting, if only because I think the OVC overtakes the Horizon in conference RPI this year.
Weber St at BYU
BYU could use every bit of resume bump for their at-large chances, and yes, Weber will count for that
USC at Utah St
These are the games the MWC must win to be taken seriously as a conference.
Louisiana Tech at St Mary's
Probably the bubble game of the night. CUSA favorite vs. perennial bubble team. Both can't afford many hiccups this season. Winner gets a decent resume building block, loser has an early strike.
New Mexico St at Western Michigan
NMSU needs EVERY hint of a quality win it can get because of the WAC. On the road against a mid-table MAC team is good enough to count.
And.....a bunch of good teams are playing a bunch of bad teams. I won't list them all.
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