I don’t have any scientific evidence for this, but Big 12/SEC Challenge Saturday always feels like one of if not the most important Saturday of the college basketball regular season. I think it’s because it’s non-conference games, and matchups that we don’t get all that often suddenly thrust to the forefront for one entire day.
Obviously, the top game of the day is #12 Kentucky going into Allen Fieldhouse to face #5 Kansas. It’s the only game with a national broadcast today to feature two ranked teams, so it has to be the top game of the day.