NEWS AND NOTES
-I for one am done in thinking that UCF is good. They lost at Temple last night, and that’s a pretty sure sign that you’re not a tournament team.
-Stanford went into Utah needing a win, and Stanford left Utah without them. The Cardinal are within reach of the bubble, but now seem to be on the outside looking in given how they always seem to come up empty when they play in the kinds of games that tournament caliber teams need to win.
-Purdue got a nice win at Indiana and improve to 9-5 on the season.
-San Diego State fell to a Utah State team, that is now 10-3. Utah State didn’t have much on their resume before last night, but the win against San Diego State is something. SDSU, on the other hand, is looking less and less like a team that belongs in the top half of the bracket. I still expect them to safely make the field, but they aren’t exactly protected seed material right now.
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
-MARSHALL AT WESTERN KENTUCKY (Conference USA). These are the two best teams in CUSA, and probably the only two that have any sort of a path to an at-large, which makes this a huge series.
-LONGWOOD AT WINTHROP (Big South). The WinWood Cup!!!!!! Part Two of one of the great traditions of college athletics takes place tonight!! Winthrop is looking to remain unbeaten on the season.
-DUQUESNE AT SAINT BONAVENTURE (Atlantic Ten). Saint Bonaventure needs to find a way to get a few more games in, because if they can I think they are good enough to put together a solid resume. A win tonight gets them to 6-1 on the season.
-WISCONSIN AT RUTGERS (Big Ten). Rutgers is trying to pull themselves out of the tailspin they’ve been in. They’re up against a heavyweight, but they are at home, and a win tonight would certainly get things turned around for them.
-WINGATE (nondiv1) AT MARYLAND – buy game