Hoop Weekend: 12/14-16/2007

Tonight... eh-sucks again. Though I have to say I'm intrigued by Rio Grande vs. Marshall. That sounds like a dynamite Western flick. Fortunately, we can talk about the weekend games, so sit down and dig in, hombre.


Don't Miss

#20 Louisville "at" Purdue - 3:30pm, CBS (John R. Wooden Tradition, Indianapolis, Saturday)
Purdue has slapped around some also-rans and lost at Clemson and Mizzou. The Cardinals, on the other hand, set up a nice pile of home games and still managed to lose two (to BYU and Dayton). Most of the pitfalls that we warned against in our preseason look at Pitino's squad are happening - Padgett is hurt again, and the ironically-named Derrick Caracter is showing very little. The Boilermakers spread the points around quite a bit, with a couple of freshmen topping the stat sheet with 11 ppg apiece.


Watch if you Like Movies About Gladiators

Texas Tech at New Mexico - 4pm, Versus (Saturday)
I know I shouldn't highlight this game. It's a 6-3 Tech team vs. an 8-2 group of Lobos. But it's Bobby Knight... in The PIT! If a Centenary Gentleman can get under the General's skin, imagine what he might do with half the population of Albuquerque breathing down his neck. Senior G J.R. Giddens was ridden out of Lawrence on a rail after inciting a knife fight, but he's thrived at UNM, despite a recent drop in his numbers.


Tivo it and Fast Forward to the Good Parts at 3 A.M.

Ohio at #3 Kansas (From Kansas City) - 5pm, ESPN2 (Saturday)
I'm a Jayhawk fan, but I love to see them tested. Our own Marco has described Ohio's Leon Williams as "a beast" in the paint (averaging 16/10). And with the Bobcats having just knocked off Maryland, it's clear that something's gotten into them. No opponent has scored 60 on them since December 2nd. My brain says Kansas' depth wins this, but that's probably what some Maryland fan wrote a few days ago, too.


Also On:

Saturday
Oklahoma State at #9 Pitt - Noon, ESPN
UAB at Kentucky (at Louisville) - 2pm, ESPN2
Arkansas at Oklahoma - 3pm, ESPN2
Xavier at Arizona State - 4pm, FSN
#2 Memphis at Middle Tennessee State (at Nashville) - 7pm, ESPN2
Temple at Drexel - Noon, ESPNU
IPFW at #10 Michigan State - 5:30pm, ESPNU
Southern Illinois at Saint Louis - 7:30pm, ESPNU
#11 Tennessee at Western Kentucky (at Nashville) - 9:30pm, ESPNU

Sunday
#1 North Carolina at Rutgers - 8pm, ESPN