College Hoops Cheat Sheet: Super Bowl Weekend

We have reached the final football weekend of the calendar, but that does not mean that basketball is slowing down. There are not the marquee matchups that we had last week, but the second weekend in February has given us some intriguing matchups for all three days this weekend.

Before you get locked in for 49ers-Chiefs on Sunday evening, there will also be some college basketball consumption to check off your weekend to-do list. KSR’s College Hoops Cheat Sheet has a full preview of the weekend.

Let’s dive in.

The Slate

No. 18 Dayton at VCU	7:00pm ET (Friday)	ESPN2
No. 24 San Diego State at Nevada	8:00pm ET (Friday)	CBS Sports Network
San Jose State at Colorado State	9:30pm ET (Friday)	FS1
No. 1 UConn at Georgetown	Noon ET	FS1
No. 11 Wisconsin at Rutgers	Noon ET	Big Ten Network
Clemson at Syracuse	Noon ET	ESPN2
No. 16 Alabama at LSU	Noon ET	ESPN
Saint Louis at St. Joe’s	Noon ET	USA
No. 19 Creighton at Xavier	12:30pm ET	FOX
Vanderbilt at No. 15 South Carolina	1:00pm ET	SEC Network
No. 10 Illinois at Michigan State	2:00pm ET	CBS
TCU at No. 14 Iowa State	2:00pm ET	ESPN2
Providence at Butler	2:00pm ET	FS1
Boston College at No. 9 Duke	2:00pm ET	ESPN
No. 12 Auburn at Florida	3:30pm ET	SEC Network
UCF at No. 23 Texas Tech	4:00pm ET	ESPN+
Maryland at Ohio State	4:00pm ET	FS1
No. 3 North Carolina at Miami	4:00pm ET	ESPN
NC State at Wake Forest	4:00pm ET	ACC Network
Gonzaga at No. 17 Kentucky	4:00pm ET	CBS
No. 5 Houston at Cincinnati	4:00pm ET	ESPN2
UCLA at California	5:30pm ET	FOX
Virginia Tech at Notre Dame	6:00pm ET	The CW
St. John’s at No. 7 Marquette	6:00pm ET	FS1
Georgia at Arkansas	6:00pm ET	SEC Network
No. 13 Baylor at No. 4 Kansas	6:00pm ET	ESPN
Michigan at Nebraska	6:30pm ET	Big Ten Network
Georgia Tech at Louisville	6:30pm ET	ACC Network
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma	7:00pm ET	ESPN+
Arizona State at Utah	8:00pm ET	ESPN2
UNLV at No. 25 New Mexico	8:00pm ET	CBS Sports Network
Virginia at Florida State	8:00pm ET	The CW
No. 6 Tennessee at Texas A&M	8:00pm ET	ESPN
Indiana at No. 2 Purdue	8:00pm ET	FOX
Mississippi State at Missouri	8:30pm ET	SEC Network
No. 8 Arizona at Colorado	10:00pm ET	ESPN
USC at Stanford	10:00pm ET	ESPNU
Boise State at No. 22 Utah State	10:00pm ET	FS1
Kansas State at No. 21 BYU	10:00pm ET	ESPN2
Seton Hall at Villanova	Noon ET (Sunday)	CBS Sports Network
No. 20 Florida Atlantic at Wichita State	Noon ET (Sunday)	ESPN2
Penn State at Northwestern	1:00pm ET (Sunday)	Big Ten Network
North Texas at SMU	2:00pm ET (Sunday)	ESPNU
Tulane at Memphis	2:00pm ET (Sunday)	ESPN2
Minnesota at Iowa	3:00pm ET (Sunday)	Big Ten Network

Another Big 12 heavyweight bout

The Big 12 is the gift that keeps on giving this season. The best conference in college basketball has six top 25 teams at KenPom, and provides a high volume of quality games every week. Once again, this league will have the best matchup of the weekend.

After another road loss, Kansas will return home to face another ranked opponent on Saturday. After a three-game losing streak, Baylor has gotten things turned around with three consecutive wins and will now take on Kansas in the Phog.

The Jayhawks are just one loss back of first place in the conference, and Baylor is a half-game back of Houston in the Big 12 standings. Saturday evening in Lawrence could go a long way in determining who wins the conference on top of this being a Quad 1A opportunity for both Bill Self and Scott Drew.

Find the upsets

There is only one ranked vs. ranked matchup on the card this week, but there are plenty of ranked teams hitting the road to face unranked foes. We will see some upsets over the weekend. Can you find the underdogs who will win outright?

• No. 1 UConn at Georgetown
• No. 3 North Carolina at Miami
• No. 5 Houston at Cincinnati
• No. 6 Tennessee at Texas A&M
• No. 8 Arizona at Colorado
• No. 10 Illinois at Michigan State
• No. 11 Wisconsin at Rutgers
• No. 12 Auburn at Florida
• No. 16 Alabama at LSU
• No. 18 Dayton at VCU
• No. 19 Creighton at Xavier
• No. 20 Florida Atlantic at Wichita State
• No. 24 San Diego State at Nevada

That is a loaded card with over half of the top 15 hitting the road to face an unranked foe in ranked play. We should probably expect some chaos.

Bubble Watch

These are the games over the weekend with major bubble implications

• No. 19 Creighton at Xavier
• Providence at Butler
• No. 12 Auburn at Florida
• Gonzaga at No. 17 Kentucky
• No. 5 Houston at Cincinnati
• St. John’s at No. 7 Marquette
• Virginia at Florida State
• No. 8 Arizona at Colorado
• Seton Hall at Villanova

Xavier has started to get on a run and is making a push, but Sean Miller’s team really needs this home win over Creighton to have a legit shot at an at-large bid. Providence and Butler are in better shape in a low-key huge bubble game in the Big East. Florida is playing good basketball but needs a big home win. Saturday will give the Gators a great chance. The same goes for Cincinnati. Rick Pitino’s first St. John’s team is flirting with the bubble and had Marquette on the ropes in Madison Square Garden just a couple of weeks ago. Virginia is stacking wins in the ACC, but their resume stinks. Tony Bennett’s team needs as many wins as possible. Colorado is the Pac-12’s best shot a getting at third at-large team into the field of 68. The Buffs could use the Quad 1 win over Arizona. Seton Hall and Villanova is yet another bubble game in the Big East.

Let’s basketball.