Forgot to mention this game is on ESPN2 

Rhode Island leads 53-27

That was quite a beatdown, a statement win for Rhode Island.

They do look NCAA tourney bound,  
 

I think Lunardi nailed it!

He also added no team should be NCAA tourney eligible without a  .500 conference play record, totally agreed.

Rutgers is not only the ranked team in the Michigan vs Rutgers game (wasn't Michigan ranked #1 at one point?) they are also the higher ranked KenPom team.

The GW duo rolls on!

Lunardi(or someone else) was saying that the Big TEN could get TWELVE(HA!) teams in the NCAA tournament. I can understand both sides of the argument about sub .500 teams being excluded from the NCAA tournament because a team like Ohio State did play very well in the OOC, but finishing below 500 in the conference over the course of 2 or 3 months may indicate that they aren't that good, despite the OOC wins. At the same time, it could indicate that the Big 10 Conference is very strong from top to bottom. Michigan could also finish below .500 in the Big 10 after playing very well in non conference play.

Rutgers at #9 Maryland   7  FS1
Ohio State at Michigan    7  ESPN2  
UMass at Rhode Island   7  CBS SportsNetwork 

Thomas, I believe its the latter (the Big 10 being very strong from top to bottom).  If there is even a discussion about 12 of 14 conference teams getting in, this helps prove the point.  9-11 in the Big 10 this year may not only be considered "not bad" but may actually be perceived by some who follow the sport as "pretty good" when graded on a curve.  It's arguably the equivalent of going at least 12-8 or 13-7 in most other conferences.

Yeah, its good that the A10 gets a featured game on ESPN every Friday night. Lunardi (or another bracket guy) had St.Louis as one of the Last 4 In/Out about a week ago before St.Louis lost at home to Duquesne. I didn't realize that St.Louis was that close to being an at-large team. It would be great if the A10 could get 3 at-large teams(in addition to Dayton) into the NCAA tournament. 

DePaul at Georgetown  noon  MASN  - DJ Williams returns to D.C., but I don't think he's played a lot since he joined the team. Mac McClung has been out for the past 2 or 3 games, so Georgetown has been even more depleted, they are now without 5 scholarship players!!

St.Louis at #6 Dayton               2  CBS Sportsnetwork
St.Bonaventure at Duquesne   3  NBC Sportsnetwork
St.Joe's at La Salle                   5  NBC Sportsnetwork
 

The Dude,  your BUDDY(lol) Tom Crean is struggling again this year at Georgia. I saw the end of their overtime loss to Alabama last night, and they may not even qualify for the NIT, despite adding superstar freshman Anthony Edwards, who was one of the top players in the class of 2019. When I see Tom Crean, I always think of you ripping him!! LOL  Even if Georgia ends up with a terrible record, I guess Crean can hang his hat on producing another lottery pick/NBA star in Anthony Edwards. 

Georgetown's star center Yurtseven left yesterday's game against DePaul with an injury in the 2nd half, and Georgetown was still able to win it. You almost have to feel a little bad for them at this point because they may have an outside shot at making the NCAA tournament and are playing hard, but they just don't have enough players to beat quality team in the Big East

George Mason at UMass    2:30  NBC SportsNetwork
Northwestern at Rutgers     6:30  Big 10 Network

Rhode Island at #6 Dayton   7:30   CBS SportsNetwork  - HUGE game tonight as both teams come in on  10-game winning streaks. Dayton is actually an 11 point favorite, Vegas must think Rhode Island is a fraud, or maybe Dayton is elite!!

Nebraska at #9 Maryland         8:30  Big 10 Network - Maryland is starting to look like a Final 4 contender now
Michigan State at #22 Illinois   9  ESPN  - I included this game because it's stunning to see these 2 teams playing with Illinois being ranked and Michigan State unranked. Michigan State started the year ranked #1, while Illinois looked to be in rebuilding mode hoping for an NIT bid


 

Penn St dominated Purdue tonight, ranked 13th, they gave them a whooping on the road.

They are very much the team this year, predicted here 2 years ago when we played them.