We’ve got 30 games on national television today, highlighted by the Big 12/SEC Challenge, but the day still feels ever so slightly more empty than usual.
Part of this has to be because the Big East is only playing one game today: Marquette at Xavier. Or rather, part of this can be explained with the reason why that’s happening. There are three Big East games on the slate for tomorrow, along with four games involving teams (with one overlap with the Big East) currently ranked in the Associated Press top 25. The TV networks are taking advantage of the fact that it’s the weekend in between the Super Bowl to spread their best basketball broadcasts across both Saturday and Sunday.