Outside of March Madness, right now is the best time for the college basketball fan. Feast Week is in the oven and starting to heat up so it can be served to millions of college basketball fans. Get out your silver platter, gravy, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. Do whatever you need to do to prepare yourself for the upsets, the blowouts, and the heartbreaks.
This weekend is the start of the greatest week of the regular season.
Meals You Need to Prepare For
(1) UNC (2-0) vs. UC-Santa Barbara (1-1)—10:00 Friday ESPNU
The Tar Heels may get Tyler Hansbrough back for this game, which is pretty much the only reason to watch this game unless you are a UNC or UC-Santa Barbara fan.
Seton Hall (3-0) vs. (12) Memphis (3-0)—7:30 Friday ESPNU
The Pirates outscored USC by 17 points in the second half to upset the Trojans and set up a matchup with John Calipari's Tigers. Memphis had a significant amount of trouble trying to handle Chattanooga, a team that lost badly to both Tennessee and Missouri.
Neither team has a lot of depth, which means foul trouble could sink the Pirates or tame the Tigers.
(5) Duke (4-0) vs. Michigan (3-0)—7:00 Friday ESPN
The upstart Wolverines will be looking to knock off their second top five team in as many days. A strong second half comeback led to the upset of No. 4 UCLA Thursday night. Super sixth man DeShawn Sims scored 18 points to bail out superstar Manny Harris's off night.
The dynamic duo will take on a Duke team that blew Southern Illinois out of the water in the second half of the first semifinal. The Salukis couldn't contain the Blue Devils any longer as Coach K's squad dropped 54 on SIU in the second half.
O'Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off Championship Game—8:30 Sunday ESPN2
It's a mouthful, but it should be a dandy. The winner of Seton Hall-Memphis and Xavier-Virginia Tech will meet for the championship.
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about 1 month ago
Tomorrow(or tonight) should be a solid night for college basketball. Duke hasn't really impressed me much, if Michigan can contain Singler's inside-outside game and disrupt Duke's outside shooting they might be able to take down another top 5 team.
from about 1 month ago
I don't think Michigan can do it again. I thought Duke was overrated to start the season, but they've look good so far. The Wolverines don't really have the inside presence to exploit Duke's main weakness which is its frontcourt.
about 1 month ago
I think the most interesting game will be VCU and Rhode Island. They both have their stories with Duke, but I want to see how capable RI is against lesser talent. Not that VCU is bad, but they are not Duke.
from about 1 month ago
Yeah I found that to be a nice parallel that both VCU and Rhode Island have an interesting history with Duke and all of a sudden they play each other. Eric Maynor vs Jimmy Baron would be fun to watch. Hopefully for Jimmy he won't end up looking like his dad when he's his dad's age.
about 1 month ago
Cleveland State beat Oakland, they lost to Washington earlier this week.
from about 1 month ago
Right I knew that because Syracuse my school plays Oakland and I knew CSU beat them. Stupid mistake. Thanks for catching that.
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