Thursday, February 21, 2008

On Tap

Helping you get your weekend viewing priorities straight since 2007


Thursday

7:00 (ESPN) Pittsburgh @ Notre Dame. Pitt is playing for NCAA tourney seeding. ND still has a shot the number 1 seed at the Big East tourney. They don’t have the easiest schedule left, but if they find a way to win out the #1 seed is theirs.

9:00 (ESPN2) Michigan @ Minnesota. Neither of these teams are going to be going to the big dance (unless they pull of some real shockers and win the Big 10 tourney), but Minnesota is probably playing for a NIT berth.

Saturday

10:00 AM (FSC) West Ham @ Fulham. Battle of the hams.

12:00 (FSC) Manchester United @ Newcastle United. Man U looks to keep their Premiership title hopes afloat and Newcastle would like nothing more than to sink them (as well as find some owner(s) who aren’t constantly trying to sell the team).

12:00 (ESPN) Connecticut @ Villanova. Saturday Big East noon game. Villanova needs to pick up a couple of wins to secure their spot in the tournament, the Big East tournament that is. UConn has a real shot of picking up the #1 at Madison Square Garden.

3:00 (ESPN2) Creighton @ Oral Roberts. A solid bracket buster game. Creighton has not been quite as good as in the last couple of years, but Oral Roberts has been solid at 19-6 with two losses to top 20 teams.

4:00 (CBS) St. John’s @ Duke. An annual tradition renewed. Also, note a Duke game not on the ESPN family of networks, this equals no Dickie V meaning eminently more watchable.

5:00 (ESPN2) Drake @ Butler. A bracket buster game that you should definitely check out. Drake has been a surprise in the Missouri Valley this season (having already clinched the regular season championship) and Butler has been a mid major on the rise for the last couple of years. Both of the teams are good enough to get past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. This should be a great game, as well as most peoples first chance to get a look at Drake.

9:00 (ESPN) Tennessee @ Memphis. #1 vs. #2 in the coaches poll meet up during the regular season for the first time since… last year.

Sunday

2:00 (CBS) Syracuse @ Notre Dame. Notre Dame’s second showing this week.

2:00 (NBC) Accenture Match Play. This could possibly be interesting if a Tiger vs. Phil or Tiger vs. some other high profile player match up takes place. Then again it could really suck if we get Bradley Dredge vs. Rod Pampling.

4:00 (CBS) Wisconsin @ Ohio State. OSU is sure getting a lot of national exposure on Sunday afternoons, a lot of losing exposure that is.

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