Oregon State (19-13) has played themselves onto the Big Dance bubble advancing to the Pac 12 semis dispatching conference champion Washington in their last game and to get to the all-important 20-win plateau they will have to beat an Arizona (22-10) team that beat them in OT in the regular season.
Fans can expect a hard-fought game at the McKale Center on Saturday, as Arizona plays host to UCLA in a PAC-12 matinee with both teams fighting for their postseason lives.
Georgetown (20-6) is currently the 8th ranked team in the nation, but since they are coming off a loss to Seton Hall it is unlikely that they will get a #1 seed in the Big Dance.
I think many thought Villanova would struggles some this year but not this badly. Don’t let the record fool you, there is talent on this team but it seems like they are able to find ways to lose even though they often go on some serious in game runs.
Thursday’s game will be the first time Arizona hosts Colorado as a conference foe, and they will be aiming to avenge their first meeting this year in Boulder, where the Cats’ lost 64-63 back on January 21.
Things do not stack up well for South Carolina (9-12) in this home game, as they are facing a Kentucky (22-1) team that is ranked #1 in the nation, has already beaten them by 15 points this season, and on top of that the Gamecocks have lost 6 of their last 7 games.
The Longhorns who have won three of their last five will travel to Manhattan on Wednesday to take on a Kansas State Wildcats’ team that has now lost three of its last four, dropping seven spots out of this week’s AP Top 25 poll.
Should it come as any surprise that John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats are loaded once again this year?
While the Louisville Cardinals began their Big East campaign with a shocking loss to the No. 12 Georgetown Hoyas, the Wildcats lit it up in Lexington as they destroyed Lamar for its 43rd straight home victory.
Texas A&M came into this season with high hopes, but second half blunders cost this team a chance at a special season. Mike Sherman was replaced by Kevin Sumlin as head coach of the Aggies.
Jerry Jones’s cavernous crown jewel in north Texas will be the site for this year’s AT&T Cotton Bowl, which features the upstart Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 taking on the prolific Arkansas Razorbacks. There could be no shortage of scoring in this battle in the Lone Star State.
Weber State will look to make it two in a row after putting their recent loss to BYU behind them with a win on Saturday over Southern Utah, when they travel to warmer climates to take on a Cal team that is surging after a 30-point blow up over Jackson State.
This Saturday afternoon at Rupp Arena in Lexington, two of the best teams in college basketball square-off in a huge season showdown with the top spot in the nation on the line when the North Carolina Tar Heels tangle with the Kentucky Wildcats.
Iowa State (6-5) has lost 3 in a row to Kansas State (9-2) and they had their 2 game winning streak snapped with a loss last week.
Both these Big 12 teams have struggled lately losing their last 2 games and Texas A&M heads into this game shorthanded with leading rusher Christine Michael, who is out with a knee injury.
Kansas State (6-0) has remained undefeated so far this season and after this Kansas game they will show if they are legit facing 4 ranked teams in a row including Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
