Monday Lay-up Lines

During the season, BIAH will be giving you guys a post every afternoon taking a look at all the important games for the upcoming night and why you should be aware of them. While tonight is the opening of the college basketball season, there are just two games being played, which are first round regional games for the 2K Sports Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.

Houston vs. Georgia Southern, 4 pm (played at Cameron Indoor Stadium).
Presbyterian @ Duke, 7 pm.

Since there is not much to talk about regarding games tonight, we figured the best way to introduce the BIAH Lay-up Lines would be to take a look at the can't-miss non-conference games coming up before league play starts.

11/18 12:00 AM - UMass @ Memphis: Derek Kellogg returns to Tennessee to take on his old team and his mentor, but more importantly it is the opening to the college basketball season tip-off marathon.

11/18 9:00 PM - Kentucky @ UNC: The last game in a string of 23 hours of basketball on ESPN's season tip-off. Great match-up between Patrick Patterson and Tyler Hansbrough (if healthy).

12/2 9:00 PM - Duke @ Purdue: If you like three's and perimeter play, check-in for this match-up in the ACC-Big 10 Challenge.

12/3 9:00 PM - UNC @ Michigan State: Another ACC-Big 10 Challenge game.

12/4 7:00 PM - USC @ Oklahoma: I get the feeling that this game is going to be hyped as Blake Griffin and Willie Warren vs. Taj Gibson and Demar Derozan.

12/4 9:00 PM - UCLA @ Texas: The premier game in the Pac-10's deal with the Big XII.

12/6 9:30 PM - Wisconsin @ Marquette: A huge rivalry almost on the scale of Duke-UNC, except without Dickie V.

12/13 2:00 PM - Memphis @ Georgetown: The Tigers return the favor to Georgetown, who went to Memphis last year and got smacked 85-71.

12/16 9:30 PM - Marquette @ Tennessee: Marquette might be the favorite because of Tennessee's lack of depth in the back court.

12/20 2:00-10:00 PM - One of the best days of basketball during the season: UConn heads to Seattle to play the 'Zags; Minnesota hosts Louisville; Duke heads to Cincinnati to take on Xavier; Texas hosts Michigan State; Purdue hosts Davidson; Syracuse travels to Memphis; Tennessee hosts Belmont; VCU heads to Oklahoma; St. Mary's travels to Southern Illinois; and UNLV hosts Arizona.

12/23 9:30 PM - Texas @ Wisconsin: The Longhorn's star power vs. the Badger's system, maybe?