3 Most Important Results from Tonight
Oregon 79, Portland St. 70 – The Pac-12 really can't afford any more losses to teams like Portland St. At this point, the entire league except for Arizona and the Bay Area schools are pretty much in must win situations until conference play starts.
Rutgers 81, Monmouth 66 – The Big East could afford the hit where the Pac-12 can't, but its still nice to not lose to bad teams.
Oral Roberts 58, Arkansas-Little Rock 55 – Winning games like this on the road is what keeps low-major teams out of the First Four.
Worst Loss from Tonight
Fordham 74, Siena 59 – Remember when Siena was good? It wasn't long ago that the Saints were in the NCAA Tournament three years in a row, winning a game twice. Now, at 3-7 under a new coach, Siena is a reminder just how fickle success, especially at the mid-major level can be.
3 Biggest Games of Tomorrow
Milwaukee vs Wisconsin – 8-2 Milwaukee is off to a great start (despite being clobbered by Northern Iowa on Saturday). Now, they get Wisconsin at home with a chance to get a signature win before jumping into the teeth of Horizon League play.
Middle Tennessee vs Belmont – Round two between these Tennessee schools that both harbor (slim) at-large hopes. Belmont took the first in double overtime back in November and tomorrow night should be just as good. Too bad it won't be televised, even by ESPN3.
Oregon St. vs Illinois-Chicago – Same deal as Oregon tonight here. Oregon St., not only for themselves, but for its entire league, absolutely must win.
Final Thought on the night in College Basketball
Finals are really the dog days of college basketball season. Nobody is really playing at all right now and it will be like that for quite some time (until the weekend). It's good that the players get to study and take their finals, I just wish some of the teams that are already done would get together with the other teams that are done for a few big games. Not everybody is taking those finals this week.
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