If you feel overwhelmed by all of the “live box score” links on your respective sports webpage, you’re not alone.
Fear not the flashy gifs. Basketball.org is here for you… kinda like Mom when you sucked at soccer.
Here are four games on Thursday that have instant Field of 64 implications.
Virginia Tech vs. Miami – ACC (noon EST)
#8 vs. #9. The committee could very easily banish the loser to the NIT. Consider this a tryout. You know how ESPN likes to create things like Rivalry Week and Bracket Busters? This one could be called Don’t Suck presented by the sofa you’ll be watching the first round of the tourney on.
Louisville vs. Providence – Big East (noon EST)
On Tuesday, Depaul, which won as many Big East games as I had successful prom dates, upset Cincy. This robbed Providence of a formidable opponent against which to prove itself. Could be a gift or a lemon, depending on your vantage point. We’ll call it a gift-wrapped lemon. Anyways, the Friars dispatched the Blue Demons on Wednesday, setting up a must-win against top seeded Louisville. A win for the Fightin’ Pitinos will actually close the book on the Big East at-large discussion, which would force ESPN to talk about something else or, more likely, go dark.
Arizona vs. Arizona State – Pac-10 (3:00 EST)
Arizona likely needs this to keep alive their streak of 24 consecutive seasons of screwing up your bracket. I suggest Russ Pennell snag every free t-shirt he can get. Arizona State’s James Harden is really good and looks like Furious Styles. The last two sentences are unrelated.
Florida vs. Arkansas – SEC (9:45 EST)
A loss to Ark-in-sauce may give the committee the itch to leave Florida out, especially if South Carolina and/or Auburn win a few in the SEC tourney. If you’re still at work for this one, you don’t have a shot in your pool anyway and you should let your wife do it based on which mascots would make good pets.
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