McNeese (16-2, 5-0) at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (11-7, 4-1) – 7:00 PM ET (ESPNU)
Tonight’s UTR Game of the Day takes us to Corpus Christi, Texas for what could be one of the few roadblocks standing in the way of a potential perfect mark for McNeese in the Southland Conference regular season. As of the time this article was written, McNeese is still not a Top 25 team so they are eligible (at the moment) for UTR consideration.
The Cowboys come into tonight’s game on an 11-game winning streak; their most recent outing was an 80-66 victory at Incarnate Word in which Mike Saunders Jr. led the team with 20 points. The Islanders also come into tonight on a hot streak of their own; they have won 8 of their last 10 games. Over the weekend, they beat Nicholls 69-59 at home.
OTHER NEWS, NOTES, AND GAMES (From the Puppet):
-Memphis has now lost two straight games to teams that are nowhere near the NCAA Tournament. They fell at Tulane last night 81-79. This Tulane team has made big time strides forward in recent years, but they’re still not quite in the mix to make the NCAA Tournament. Many were thinking of Memphis as a protected seed, but given how many close calls they’ve had, and now the back-to-back losses, I think we are all rethinking that now.
-Florida Atlantic needed overtime, but held off a very weak UTSA team 112-103. I think it’s safe to say that Memphis and FAU don’t play up to their ceilings all of the time.
-WAKE FOREST AT NORTH CAORLINA (ACC). It’s a rivalry game, but it’s a bit of a mismatch. Wake is just trying to fight their way onto the bubble, and UNC is a team that’s positioned to earn a #1 seed.
-CINCINNATI AT KANSAS (Big 12). Cincinnati is right on the bubble, and Kansas is still in the mix for a 1-seed despite a surprising loss at West Virginia their last time out. It’s probably too tall of an order for Cincinnati, but a win like this could make the difference as to whether or not they get in.