To be honest, Wednesday isn’t the most exciting day for me. I might need to really make some ground on Bracketology. Or maybe I will try to set up my Handicapping blog. Maybe I might even try to sleep early. It might be the last chance for several days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The reason it isn’t that exciting is because there are no finals. At this point, many of the conferences are starting tournaments that will end on Saturday or Sunday. I know that their fans care – but I can’t get that excited about watching a game like 9-12 Portland St play 5-15 Northern Arizona to kick off the Big Sky tournament. You might say – sure but the major tournaments are starting tomorrow. Great – I get to watch 12-13 TCU play 8-19 Kansas St to kick off the Big 12 tournament. There are a couple bubble teams playing tomorrow – even one ranked team. So, the day isn’t void of interesting games. But in most cases, we are more watching bubble teams to make sure they don’t lose to a team that could knock them off the bubble. The story simply isn’t as interesting to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ACC at least is onto their second round – so they have a couple of interesting games – including what I believe is the game of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6:30 pm EST brings us Louisville vs. Duke – we know that Duke is in desperation mode, but Louisville’s NET ranking does put them on the bubble. Louisville’s resume isn’t as strong as one might think. The only quad 1 victory that Louisville has is their victory at Duke (a team not likely in the field). They are 6-0 against Quad 2 – but of the teams that are legitimately possible tourney teams, they really only have home victories against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech. That might be enough – sometimes it is important to simply win the games you are supposed to. But getting a 3rd win against Duke might be just as important to Louisville as the game is for Duke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other games that might have some bubble interest:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are a fan of the Big 10 or the Pac 12, they play a couple games as well. But truthfully, Wednesday is our final day of calm before the storm. Over half of the AP Top 25 start their Championship Week on Thursday – starting at 11:30 am with #10 West Virginia against #12 Oklahoma State. So, Championship Week will get interesting again quickly……<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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