Duke at Clemson - Duke is 0-3 on the road this season and Clemson looks to avenge the 21 point drubbing they took at Cameron Indoor earlier this season.
Michigan St at Minnesota - The Gophers are 10-0 at home and played the Spartans tough in East Lansing. However, they'll have to do it without point guard Al Nolen who has been suspended for poor academics.
Oklahoma St at Kansas St - An opportunity for a marquee win for the Pokes in Manhattan, KS as the Wildcats are coming off their mammoth victory over then #1 Texas Monday night. Okla St. forward Marshall Moses is coming off a 20 point 18 rebound explosion in a win against Colorado.
Akron at Kent St.- After upending Buffalo, can the Golden Flashes pull off the double against MAC leader Akron at home?
Washington St at UCLA- For Wazzu the opportunity to sweep USC and UCLA is right in front of them. The Bruins ride the momentum of their thrilling last second victory over Washington Thursday night 62-61.
Mississippi St at Alabama - Despite being on the road, the Bulldogs can ill afford a slip up against their upstart rival. Mississippi St's beast in the middle Jarvis Varnado is 2nd in the nation in blocks at 5.3 blocks per game.
S Alabama at Denver - A few weeks ago, this looked like it would be a Sun Belt showdown between top contenders however both teams have fallen on rough times lately. The Jaguars have lost four out of 5 while Denver is coming off two straight losses as well.
10 more to keep an eye on...
1) Cincinnati at Louisville - This is a pivotal game for two Big East squads who sit squarely on the bubble if not outside of it. For Louisville, the season seems to be slipping away after a 3rd consecutive conference loss on Wednesday to Seton Hall. The Cardinals with few marquee victories desperately need a win Saturday to avoid the NIT. The schedule gets no easier either with a trip to Morgantown followed by U Conn at home. The Bearcats will hope to have Lance Stephenson back for the contest who sat out the last game against S Florida with an injury.
2) South Carolina at Florida - The Gators picked up a tough victory on the road against Arkansas behind Ervin Walker's career night. They look to build on that win against the Gamecocks and their all everything guard Devan Downey. It's a key game for Florida who need to hold serve at home to keep their tournament hopes alive.
3) BYU at San Diego St - The Aztecs are 9-0 at home and the place will be rocking for this important showdown in the Mountain West. SDSU has absolutely no chance at an at-large bid unless they win this game. It won't be easy as the Cougars have won 14 straight and have lost just once all year.
4) Illinois at Northwestern - Both teams need this game desperately and Northwestern attempts to avenge an earlier season loss to the Illini that went to overtime. In that game, Illinois 7 foot center Mike Tisdale scored 31 points with 11 boards.
5) Old Dominion at William and Mary - The Tribe were massacred by VCU earlier this week after shooting a paltry 39% from the field and 7 for 27 from beyond the arc
6) Rhode Island at Xavier - Both teams look to improve their stock. Xavier lost a hard fought game against Temple this week but will look to rebound at home where they are undefeated. The Rams begin a difficult 2 game roadie against Xavier followed by Dayton. Rhode Island is the Atlantic 10s highest scoring team at almost 80pts per game.
7) Morehead St at E Kentucky - It will be interesting to see if double double machine Kenneth Faried and the rest of the Eagles can go into Colonel country and come away with a victory. Morehead State has quietly taken the OVC by storm with 9 straight victories. Both teams are chasing Murray State for the conference lead who have (no pun intended) raced out to a 9-0 mark in conference play.
8) VCU at Northeastern - Another major confrontation between Colonial contenders. VCU just walloped William and Mary and could be the team to beat with their formidable inside out duo of Larry Sanders and Joey Rodriguez taking shape. Northeastern is red hot winning ten straight and is the second best shooting team in the conference.
9) NC State at Maryland - The Terps still have a lot to prove and will need to hold serve with winnable games at home vs NC State and Miami up this week. The Wolfpack are coming off a huge upset of Duke in which they shot the ball extremely well.
10) UAB at Marshall - Just because I can't recall for the life of me one year that the Thundering Herd were good at basketball. But this is a team that fought tooth and nail for 40 minutes with mighty West Virginia of the Big East this week.
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