ESPN calls it Feast Week. And if you’re a fan of college basketball, it might be the best week of season until you get to the NCAA tournament. It’s almost wall-to-wall basketball with some really enticing matchups. Here’s a guide to Feast Week.
Monday’s lineup includes No. 22 Gonzaga against No. 4 Kansas State and No. 13 Washington vs. Virginia in Maui:
| Noon | Men, Wichita St. vs. Connecticut | ESPN2 | |
| 2 p.m. | Men, Oklahoma vs. Kentucky | ESPN2 | |
| 3 p.m. | Men, Clemson vs. Seton Hall | FSN | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Men, Duke vs. Marquette | ESPN2 | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Men, Old Dominion vs. Xavier | FSN | |
| 6:30 p.m. | Men, Kansas St. vs. Gonzaga | ESPN2 | |
| 8 p.m. | Men, Paradise Jam consolation | FSN | |
| 9 p.m. | Men, Virginia vs. Washington | ESPN2 | |
Hoop Notes
The Huskies will unveil a new uniform and shoe in Maui. … The Gonzaga-K-State winner in Kansas City will face the Duke-Marquette winner. Gonzaga’s coming off a loss against a very good San Diego State team in which a veteran Gonzaga frontline, thought to be the strength of the team, wasn’t very good.
Other Links
Joe Posnanski gives you a detailed look why Felix Henandez won a Cy Young Award with a 13-12 record. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the statistics of total wins will no longer be meaningful, Posnanski writes.
If you didn’t catch Blake Griffin’s dunks during a 45-point, 15-rebound effort against the Knicks the other night, you should check out this video.
Seattle’s Matt Hasselbeck has had back-to-back triple digit quarterback ratings for the first time since the 2005 Super Bowl season. … Does Earl Thomas has a chance to be the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year? The safety picked off his fifth pass on Sunday.
If Washington beats Cal and Washington State, it’ll earn a date in the Holiday Bowl. Because of the lack of bowl eligible teams, the Pac-10 might end up with just four teams playing in the postseason.
That’s all for now. Enjoy the snow.
