Oregon at Arizona highlights college hoops week

Monday Men’s College Basketball Preview: Week of Feb. 3: Highlights include Iowa State at Oklahoma State, Kansas at Baylor and Oregon at Arizona.

 

Monday 9:00 PM ET on ESPN
Iowa St (16-4, 4-4) @ Oklahoma St (16-5, 4-4)
I’m looking forward to a great battle in the Big 12 Conference tonight, pitting two of the best point guards in the country, DeAndre Kane and Marcus Smart against each other. Look for Oklahoma State to use a smaller lineup and switch the high ball screens to defend against the dribble drives by Kane. If Oklahoma State can find a way to keep Kane out of the lane, they can force Iowa St into a lot of 3’s, in turn making the game a fast-break affair (playing to Oklahoma State’s strength). I expect the Cowboys to pull out a great RPI boosting win to start out February.

Tues 7:00 PM ET on ESPN2
Kansas (16-5, 7-1) @ Baylor (14-7, 2-6)
Baylor does Baylor things. For many fans who don’t follow the program, the Bears have been a pretty streaky team the last 3 seasons. After losing 6 out of their first 7 games to start conference play, Baylor pulled off a shocking upset in Stillwater, and look to back it up against a Kansas team that just finds ways to win conference games. While Andrew Wiggins is still learning how to be consistent, Joel Embiid has turned into the X factor offensively for Kansas going forward. If Baylor is able to find Brady Heslip for 3’s (they often get away from his 47% 3-point shooting), they have a chance to upset the conference leader and rise back in the standings.

Thursday 9:00 PM ET on ESPN
Oregon (15-6, 3-6) @ Arizona (21-1, 8-1)
It seems like every matchup with Arizona will be a big matchup as the PAC 12 season rolls along. But while Arizona has pulled away from the pack, Oregon finds themselves in unknown territory after going unbeaten in the non-conference. Look for Oregon to get themselves in national favor by trying to get leading scorer, Mike Moser lots of shots after having a dreadful game last time out against UCLA.

Saturday 2:00 PM ET on ESPN
Michigan (16-5, 8-1) @ Iowa (17-5, 6-3)
Michigan’s win streak finished at 8 after losing to the Hoosiers in Bloomington on Sunday. But even in the loss, Caris LaVert and Derrick Walton Jr. are continuing to prove that their role as secondary scorers to Nik Stauskas is for real, attacking the basket any chance they can. But Iowa has looked just as dangerous with their 11 man rotation, led by the driving presence of Roy Devyn Marble, who looked like a player with NBA talent against Michigan State the week before. Look for the Hawkeyes to try to get Jordan Morgan in foul trouble early to make way for a bevy of dribble-drives and free-throws.

Nationally Broadcast Games

Day Time Away Team Home Team Network
Monday

7:00

Notre Dame Syracuse ESPN
Xavier Villanova FOX Sports 1
Hampton Morgan St ESPNU

9:00

Iowa St Oklahoma St ESPN
Georgetown Depaul FOX Sports 1
PV A&M Alabama A&M ESPNU
Tuesday

7:00

Ohio St Iowa ESPN
Kansas Baylor ESPN2
Ole Miss Kentucky ESPNU
St John’s Providence FOX Sports 1
Rutgers Memphis CBS Sportsnet
Stony Brook Binghamton ESPN3
Miami(OH) N Illinois ESPN3

8:00

Texas TCU ESPN3
Maryland North Carolina ESPN3
Georgia Tech Clemson ESPN3
S Illinois Drake ESPN3

9:00

Missouri Florida ESPN
Wisconsin Illinois BTN
Wake Forest Duke ESPNU
Butler Marquette FOX Sports 1
Wednesday

6:30

Nebraska Michigan BTN

7:00

Oklahoma West Virginia ESPNU
Pittsburgh Miami ESPN3
La Salle UMASS CBS Sportnet
Boston College Virginia ESPN2
South Florida UCF ESPN News
E Michigan Akron ESPN3
Youngstown St Wright St ESPN3
High Point Coastal Carolina ESPN3

7:30

Auburn South Carolina ESPN3

8:00

Wichita St Indiana St ESPN3
Tennessee Vanderbilt ESPN3
Alabama Arkansas ESPN3
Missouri St Evansville ESPN3

9:00

Louisville Houston ESPNU
Stanford California ESPN2
Virginia Tech Florida St ESPN3
Mississippi St Texas A&M ESPN3
UNLV Colorado St ESPN3

9:15

San Diego St Boise St CBS Sportsnet

11:00

Wyoming New Mexico ESPNU
Thursday

7:00

Connecticut Cincinnati ESPN
LSU Georgia ESPN2
Robert Morris LIU Brooklyn ESPNU
Jacksonville Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
Cleveland St Oakland ESPN3
USC Upstate Lipscomb ESPN3

8:00

Temple SMU ESPN News
Bradley Loyola (IL) ESPN3
Austin Peay Tennessee St ESPN3

8:30

Marist Rider ESPN3
McNeese St Northwestern St ESPN3

9:00

Oregon Arizona ESPN
Penn St Michigan St ESPN2
Murray St Belmont ESPNU
Mount St Mary’s Sacred Heart ESPN3

10:00

CS Fullerton UC Riverside ESPN3

11:00

Santa Clara BYU ESPNU
Friday

7:00

Seton Hall Villanova FOX Sports 1
Manhattan Canisius ESPNU
Mercer Kennesaw St ESPN3
Monmouth Fairfield ESPN3

9:00

Depaul Creighton FOX Sports 1
Detroit Valparaiso ESPNU
Saturday

11:00

Morehead St E Kentucky ESPNU

12:00

Alabama Florida ESPN
Virginia Tech Pittsburgh ESPN3
North Carolina Notre Dame ESPN3
Virginia Georgia Tech ESPN3

1:00

Nebraska Northwestern ESPNU
Butler Georgetown CBS
Cleveland St Wright St ESPN2

1:30

Texas Kansas St ESPN3
Kentucky Mississippi St ESPN3

2:00

Michigan Iowa ESPN
Milwaukee Green Bay ESPN3
NC State Miami ESPN3
Miami (OH) Ohio ESPN3
New Hampshire Stony Brook ESPN3

3:00

Florida St Maryland ESPN2
Providence Xavier FOX Sports 1
South Carolina Tennessee ESPNU

4:00

West Virginia Kansas ESPN
Arkansas Vanderbilt ESPN3
Auburn LSU ESPN3
Campbell Winthrop ESPN3
TCU Iowa St ESPN3

5:00

St Louis La Salle ESPN2
Missouri Ole Miss ESPN3
E Tennessee St Lipscomb ESPN3
New Orleans Central Arkansas ESPN3

6:00

Purdue Ohio St BTN
Duke Boston College ESPN
W Kentucky AR Little Rock ESPN3

7:00

Baylor Oklahoma ESPN2
North Florida Florida Gulf Coast ESPN3
Missouri St S Illinois ESPN3
GA Southern Elon ESPN3

7:30

Cincinnati SMU ESPNU

8:00

Texas A&M Georgia ESPN3
Rutgers South Florida ESPN News

8:30

Murray St Tennessee St ESPN3

9:00

Gonzaga Memphis ESPN
Wichita St Northern Iowa ESPN2

9:30

Oklahoma St Texas Tech ESPNU

10:00

Nevada San Diego St ESPN3
Wyoming UNLV ESPN3
New Mexico St Wyoming ESPN3
Sunday

1:00

Michigan St Wisconsin CBS

2:00

Temple Houston ESPN News

3:00

Drake Indiana St ESPN3

4:00

UMASS Rhode Island CBS Sportsnet
Illinois St Loyola (IL) ESPN3

6:00

Clemson Syracuse ESPNU
Connecticut UCF ESPN2
Akron Bowling Green ESPN3

7:00

Oregon St Arizona PAC 12 Network
Creighton St John’s FOX Sports 1

8:00

Washington Colorado ESPNU