With the conclusion of the NFL season being behind us, I’d like to welcome all the casual college basketball fans!
It’s a great time of year to get back on the train. Conference title races are heating up. Records are being set. Teams in the men’s and women’s game are fighting for tournament spots and seeding.
Now’s a good time to help you figure out which games to keep on your radar the rest of the way.
Following is the first in what will be a weekly look at the big games taking place across college basketball.
Monday, Feb. 12
(6) Kansas at Texas Tech, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 13
(4) Marquette at Butler, 6:30 p.m.
St. John’s at Providence, 7 p.m.
(10) Iowa State at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
(7) North Carolina at Syracuse, 7 p.m.
Pitt at (21) Virginia, 7 p.m.
Ole Miss at (22) Kentucky, 9 p.m.
Ohio State at (20) Wisconsin, 9 p.m.
Colorado State at San Diego State, 9 p.m.
New Mexico at Nevada, 11 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 14
Michigan State at Penn State, 6:30 p.m.
Miami (FL) at Clemson, 7 p.m.
Xavier at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.
Saint Joseph’s at Loyola, 8 p.m.
(11) South Carolina at (13) Auburn, 8:30 p.m.
(8) Tennessee at Arkansas, 9 p.m.
Utah State at Wyoming, 10 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 15
WOMEN
(6) NC State at (16) Notre Dame, 6 p.m.
(1) South Carolina at Tennessee, 7 p.m.
Michigan at (4) Iowa, 8 p.m. (Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark poised to set NCAA all-time scoring record)
MEN
Northwestern at Rutgers, 6:30 p.m.
Memphis at North Texas, 8 p.m.
Morehead State at Arkansas-Little Rock, 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 16
New Mexico at San Diego State, 10 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 17
Texas A & M at (15) Alabama, noon
Texas Tech at (10) Iowa State, noon
TCU at Kansas State, noon
(17) Creighton at Butler, 12:30 p.m.
Texas at (3) Houston, 1 p.m.
(9) Duke at Florida State, 2 p.m.
(20) Wisconsin at Iowa, 2:15 p.m.
(4) Marquette at (1) UCONN, 3 p.m.
(6) Kansas at (25) Oklahoma, 4 p.m.
(14) Illinois at Maryland, 5:30 p.m.
Utah State at Colorado State, 5:30 p.m.
(22) Kentucky at (13) Auburn, 6 p.m.
(23) Indiana State at Southern Illinois, 7 p.m.
Michigan State at Michigan, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 18
WOMEN
(12) Virginia Tech at (18) Louisville, 2 p.m.
(10) USC at (11) Oregon State, 3 p.m.
MEN
Florida Atlantic at South Florida, noon
Purdue at Ohio State, 1 p.m.
Memphis at SMU, 4 p.m.
Seton Hall at St. John’s, 5 p.m.
Rankings from Feb. 12 AP Polls.
