The weekend after Thanksgiving can often be a letdown in the college basketball world, but with the Big Ten kicking off conference play this weekend, that won’t be the case this season. The conference gives us a couple of top-25 meetings, one that was expected and another that perhaps wasn’t at the start of the season. The Big Ten dominates our look at this weekend’s best games, but there are a few that don’t involve the conference, including one with the country’s newly anointed No. 1 team.
Friday, 6 p.m. ET, Big Ten Network
This game is included not because it’s expected to be a battle—the Spartans are heavy favorites—but rather because Michigan State is already in need of a bounce-back game after losing to unranked Louisville earlier this week.