| Time (ET) |
Middle 20 Rank |
Team |
Match-up rankings at www.kenpom.com |
What's at stake for big (top 10 of these 20 deserve NCAA bid) |
| Done |
11 |
Temple |
80 Temple at 72 Dayton |
After a touch call went against them at the other end, Value Add top 200 player Khalif Wyatt hit the winning shot in a 72-71 upset win at Dayton (5-point underdog on road). Added to their win at Syracuse could get them off the bubble and in the tourney as of today. |
| In prog |
9 |
Indiana St. |
211 Southern Illinois at 60 Indiana St. |
Larry Bird's school took care of an easy one today, and Jake Odum should be getting serious consideration for a bid. |
| In prog |
8 |
La Salle |
234 Fordham at 58 La Salle |
Ramon Galloway needs to take care of business and not let La Salle let up against a weak Fordham team after a run of upsets has them in strong shape for a bid. |
| In prog |
18 |
Massachusetts |
83 Saint Joseph's at 98 Massachusetts |
Chaz Williams and UMass are slight favorites at home, and a loss would just about eliminate them. |
| 4:00 PM |
6 |
Baylor |
245 Texas Tech at 27 Baylor |
Pierre Jackson should run the Baylor offense to an easy blowout win. |
| 5:00 PM |
13 |
South Dakota St. |
104 South Dakota St. at 172 Oakland |
Nate Wolters will not score 53 again today, but this game is a toss-up on the road. With no ranked games on their schedule, South Dakota State needs to pull off tough road wins today and at Murray State to have a shot at the bid. |
| 6:00 PM |
4 |
St. Louis |
40 St. Louis at 86 Richmond |
This game is a toss-up on the court where Richmond already beat VCU, so Dwayne Evans can really solidify a bid with a huge road win today. |
| 7:00 PM |
12 |
Stanford |
39 Stanford at 78 Arizona St. |
Dwight Powell will need to play big inside to get a road win in a game that is a toss-up. |
| 7:00 PM |
17 |
Charlotte |
22 VCU at 120 Charlotte |
VCU is easily in the tournament and comes in as a strong favorite, so this is the kind of upset Pierria Henry must get for Charlottee to have a shot. |
| 8:00 PM |
5 |
Oregon |
143 Utah at 43 Oregon |
Oregon cannot afford a road loss to a team at the bottom of the PAC10, or they could start to head toward the bubble despite the current ranking and hot start. Arsalan Kazemi needs to dominate. |
| 8:00 PM |
14 |
Boise St. |
65 Wyoming at 68 Boise St. |
If Derrick Marks can pull at road upset at Boise State, who will be favored today after big wins, then Wyoming could get a realistic shot at a run. They started hot, but have stumbled in conference play. |
| 8:00 PM |
15 |
Alabama |
123 Louisiana St. at 79 Alabama |
A loss today would be devestating to the NCAA hopes of Trevor Releford after Bama was stunned at Auburn. |
| 9:00 PM |
1 |
Notre Dame |
3 Louisville at 55 Notre Dame |
Louisville has the ability to hand the Irish a double digit loss in South Bend, and losing a tough "eye test" like that could start to move the Irish toward the bubble. A win tonight and ND has pretty much locked the bid up and may have Jack Cooley in contention for at least All-Conference. |
| 9:00 PM |
3 |
Brigham Young |
140 San Francisco at 49 Brigham Young |
Brandon Davies should lead to a double digit win. |
| 9:00 PM |
19 |
New Mexico St. |
227 Seattle at 96 New Mexico St. |
Anything less than a blowout win for New Mexico State would be a killer. |
| 10:00 PM |
10 |
UCLA |
102 Washington St. at 54 UCLA |
The very inconsistent Bruin cannot afford a home loss to a lower team like Washington State, after just dodging a bullet at home against Washington. |
| 11:00 PM |
2 |
St. Mary's |
21 St. Mary's at 171 San Diego |
Matthew Dellavedova could go in and get another double digit road win. |