Grambling (14-8, 7-3) at Alabama A&M (9-14, 5-5) – 8:00 PM ET
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day heads to the northern part of Alabama where the Alabama A&M Bulldogs host the Grambling Tigers in Monday Night SWACtion. A&M comes into tonight’s game in a 3-way tie for 5th place in the SWAC; the Bulldogs have won 3 out of their last 4 games. The big win of their season came on Saturday where they throttled Southern 82-61 to knock the Jaguars out of sole possession of 1st place; Messiah Thompson had 20 points in the Bulldogs’ win.
Thanks to the efforts of Alabama A&M, Grambling suddenly finds themselves within a game of first place in the SWAC standings. The Tigers are coming off of a 73-60 win at Alabama State on their first leg of the Alabama road trip in conference play. Virshon Cotton had 22 points in the win against Alabama State.
HOOPS HD DAILY RUNDOWN (From the Puppet):
-The only notable results from yesterday were Penn State’s loss at Nebraska, which basically places them very far from the bubble, and Northwestern’s 54-52 road win at Wisconsin, which was a game between two teams that were right on the bubble. Wisconsin’s tailspin continues to get more and more out of control.
-DUKE AT MIAMI FL (ACC). Duke is coming off the big win against North Carolina at home, but tonight would be even bigger on paper since it’s on the road against a much better team. Miami FL is still very much in the top half of the bracket and could end up with a protected seed if they’re able to finish strong.
-TEXAS AT KANSAS (Big 12). Both teams are solidly protected seeds, and even though Kansas has lost four of their last six (and didn’t look at all like a #1 seed in their last game) it is still possible that they end up with one. Winning on the road at Kansas is never easy, but if Texas is able to do it I think they will blow past Kansas in our next seedlist. The Longhorns are having an incredible year and are coming off a huge win at Kansas State.