Weekend's "Impacting the Bracket" Slate

[SelectionSunday]

A comprehensive listing of all games involving teams currently projected into my Field of 68, as well as those anywhere within sniffing distance of at-large consideration. All rankings are RPI.

TV networks noted, where applicable.

FRIDAY
#42 VCU @ #38 Davidson, 5/ESPN2
Penn @ #96 Yale, 6
#85 Kent State @ Ohio, 8/ESPNU

SATURDAY
#16 West Virginia @ #26 Florida, 11/ESPN
#56 Vanderbilt @ #21 Texas, 11/ESPN2
#31 Michigan @ Penn State, 11/BTN
#63 Georgia Tech @ #44 Syracuse, 11/ESPNU
#86 Clemson @ #48 Florida State, 11
#59 Butler @ Marquette, 11/FS1
#115 UAB @ Marshall, 11/CBSSN
Longwood @ #144 NC-Asheville, 11
#11 Virginia @ #17 Louisville, noon/CBS
#3 Xavier @ DePaul, 1/CBSSN
#10 Iowa State @ #14 Texas A&M, 1/ESPN
La Salle @ #12 Dayton, 1/NBCSN
Ole Miss @ #52 Kansas State, 1/ESPNU
#70 Stony Brook @ Vermont, 1
Minnesota @ #41 Indiana, 1:15/BTN
#13 Miami @ NC State, 2
#53 Washington @ #24 USC, 2/Pac12N
Stephen F. Austin @ #130 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 2
Wagner @ #242 Mount Saint Mary’s, 2
Boston College @ #5 North Carolina, 3/ESPN2
#32 Texas Tech @ Arkansas, 3/ESPNU
#45 South Dakota State @ Denver, 3
#68 Hofstra @ Drexel, 3
Nebraska @ #25 Purdue, 3:30/BTN
#1 Oklahoma @ #81 LSU, 4/ESPN
#51 Stanford @ #15 Utah, 4/Pac12N
New Mexico @ #76 Boise State, 4
Georgia @ #22 Baylor, 5/ESPN2
#55 Alabama @ #27 South Carolina, 5/SECN
#30 Saint Joseph’s @ Rhode Island, 5/CBSSN
Tulane @ #62 Tulsa, 5/ESPNU
Norfolk State @ #197 Hampton, 5
#221 Texas Southern @ Alabama State, 5
#18 Kentucky @ #6 Kansas, 6/ESPN
Saint Peter’s @ #36 Monmouth, 6
#40 Chattanooga @ Samford, 6
Georgia State @ #60 UALR, 6
Washington State @ #61 UCLA, 6/Pac12N
Princeton @ #96 Yale, 6
Florida Gulf Coast @ #110 North Florida, 6
Army @ #186 Bucknell, 6
#23 Providence @ #71 Georgetown, 7/FS1
Youngstown State @ 29 Valparaiso, 7
#50 San Diego State @ UNLV, 7/CBSSN
#54 Seton Hall @ #93 Creighton, 7/FSN
San Francisco @ #77 Gonzaga, 7
#83 Belmont @ Tennessee Tech, 7:30
Texas Rio Grande Valley @ #141 New Mexico State, 8
#143 Montana @ Montana State, 8:05
#65 Oregon State @ #37 Arizona, 8:30/Pac12N
UCSB @ #47 UC-Irvine, 9/ESPNU
#34 Saint Mary’s @ Pacific, 10

SUNDAY
#2 Villanova @ Saint John’s, 11/FOX
#49 George Washington @ George Mason, 11/NBCSN
#7 Maryland @ #74 Ohio State, noon/CBS
Wake Forest @ #39 Notre Dame, noon
#78 Temple @ USF, 1/CBSSN
Northwestern @ #8 Iowa, 2/BTN
#43 Wichita State @ #64 Evansville, 3/ESPNU
#73 UConn @ UCF, 3/CBSSN
#35 Cal @ #20 Colorado, 4/FS1
Rutgers @ #19 Michigan State, 4:15/BTN
Virginia Tech @ #33 Pitt, 5:30/ESPNU
#72 Wisconsin @ Illinois, 6:30/BTN
#4 Oregon @ #66 Arizona State, 7:30/ESPNU

 

[SelectionSunday]

The "what if" game

If by some miracle the winless Gophers go into Bloomington and beat Tan Tom's Hoosiers, does all the goodwill he's built up with the 7-0 start (vs. the mediocre-to-dregs of the B1G) vanish? Would his seat be burning again?