It is my sincere belief that all four of the teams below merit a spot in the tourney. It is also my sincere conviction that at least one will get left behind. That makes tonight's games absolutly dynamite must-see midmajor TV.
At 7pm, Rhode Island travels to Dayton. Both teams lost at Xavier last week and everyone trails Temple in the A-10. Third place in the A-10 is getting into the Dance this year. Many people have four and five teams projected in the field. I'm not so sure that will hold once conference parity starts to settle. History tells us seven or eight loss teams in the A10 are on pretty tenuous ground at best.
The Flyers were the preseason favorites who fell off the map a bit after stumbling early in Maui. Rhode Island surged into consciousness by racing off to a 14-1 start. The winner tonight takes a huge step towards secuing a likely bid. The loser? Is it too early to talk bubble?
In C-USA we get to witness a first in the new conference era; a battle for conference supremecy that does NOT involve Memphis. Memphis is still good, UTEP looks solid and Marshall is far better than anticipated. Let's be real though. No more than two teams from this league are going. The ACC and Big 12 are just too deep to leave many bids up for grabs.
UAB has been ranked, and enters at 17-2. However, their wins of late have been unimpressive to say the least. Tulsa is the best team in this league and I think they prove it tonight.
Either way, both games tonight are fantastic matchups worth DVR'ing.
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