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Mark your calendars: Week of Jan. 6, 2019

Now that the 2018-19 season is underway, our college basketball writer provides three games to watch in the coming week — from the elite matchups to the under-the-radar gems — that he's penciled in on his TV schedule:

Toledo at No. 20 Buffalo

6 p.m., Tuesday (ESPN+)

Central Michigan might have something to say about it, but Buffalo and Toledo are the top two teams in the Mid-American Conference. The Bulls, of course, have been ranked in the AP Top 25 each of the last eight weeks with wins at West Virginia and at Syracuse on their résumé.