Horizon League Championship – 7pm ET on ESPN: Typically I like the underdog in these kinds of games, but I still want Butler to beat Wright State. While I am primarily a KU fan, I have a secondary attachment to Old Dominion, and if the ranked teams win auto-bids, there might be a place on the bubble for a team that beat Georgetown at home but failed to make the conference tourney finals.
Mid-Continent Championship – 7pm ET on ESPN2: Oral Roberts over Oakland. First of all, Oakland is in Michigan, so there will be no spike collars or black-and-silver face paint. Second of all, ORU beat Kansas this year, so it’s in my best interests for ORU to make a good showing. Also, I think the lord is going to smite brother Oral down if we don’t give him a million dollars and a Mid-Con championship.
Sun Belt Championship – 9pm ET on ESPN2: I want North Texas to beat Arkansas State, and I can tell you why. The University of North Texas has the finest collegiate jazz band program in the U.S. If they make the tournament, I plan to immediately begin a campaign to invite the One O’Clock Lab Band on the road to play a halftime gig during the Mean Green’s opening round game. That would kick ass.
Whichever way it breaks, we’ll have three more in the show by bedtime tonight.
