News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Monday, Jan 18th

NEWS AND NOTES

-We will be recording our Hoops HD Report tonight, so be on the lookout for it.  We will also be updating our bracket projections later in the day.

-For Chad Sherwood’s UTR GOTD – CLICK HERE

HIGHLIGHTED GAMES

-SIENA AT MONMOUTH (Metro Atlantic).  Monmouth will land inside the bubble so long as they run away from the league.  Siena is one of the better teams in the conference, but Monmouth needs to be able to beat them at home.

-TEXAS TECH AT TCU (Big Twelve).  Texas Tech badly needs road wins on their profile.

-SYRACUSE AT DUKE (ACC). Despite the brand names, Duke is a fringe protected seed right now, and Syracuse isn’t anywhere close to making the field, although they did blow out Wake over the weekend.

-PURDUE AT RUTGERS (Big Ten).  This is a rare conference road game that is extremely winnable for the Boilers.

-VALPARAISO AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE (Horizon League).  Valpo should land safely inside the bubble if they win out.

-OKLAHOMA AT IOWA STATE (Big Twelve).  Iowa State has slipped down the rankings somewhat, but they’re still tough to beat at home.  This is the caliber of road win that indicates a team is a #1 seed caliber team, so it’s another big test for Oklahoma.