While nine Middle 20 teams are in action tonight fighting for a tournament bid, the only team with a chance for a breakthrough is Arizona State, who travels to UCLA for the last game of the night at 11:30 ET. The good news for the other eight teams is that they are favored - but that is actually bad news because they cannot help their chances tonight but a loss would be devastating. The action is starting now where Larry Bird's Indiana State cannot afford a loss to Drake, ranked only 130th as www.kenpom.com. Here is the complete schedule.
The "big" games tonight are Georgetown-UConn and New Mexico-San Diego State, but those are just positioning for higher seeds except for UConn, who is on probation.
| Game (ranking based on www.kenpom.com) |
Middle 20 Team's Chances (www.kenpom.com) |
Time (ET) |
| 130 Drake at 79 Indiana St. |
Indiana St. 75-67 (78%) |
7:05 PM |
| 50 Baylor at 116 West Virginia |
Baylor 69-66 (63%) |
8:00 PM |
| 151 Nevada at 63 Boise St. |
Boise St. 77-65 (85%) |
8:00 PM |
| 273 Mississippi St. at 32 Kentucky |
Kentucky 81-56 (98%) |
8:00 PM |
| 24 Creighton at 154 Bradley |
Creighton 75-65 (80%) |
8:05 PM |
| 97 Texas A&M at 39 Mississippi |
Mississippi 72-62 (83%) |
9:00 PM |
| 44 Colorado at 53 Stanford |
Stanford 67-64 (60%) |
11:00 PM |
| 26 St. Mary's at 206 Pepperdine |
St. Mary's 71-59 (86%) |
11:00 PM |
| 81 Arizona St. at 46 UCLA |
Arizona St. 67-76 (21%) |
11:30 PM |