Monday Night College Basketball

Also known as Big Monday on ESPN.

Gonzaga showed they are the Duke of the West when it comes to getting favorable calls from the zebras. At least the Zags were on their home court ;-)

Maybe they had the Saturday ESPN GameDay game against Stanford in the back of their minds so they did not concentrate on St Marys. Or Randy Bennett has found a way to slow them down after facing them 2-3 times a year for the last few years.

Louisville may have played themselves out of the NCAA last night. They were unable to put down a wounded Cincy team that lost Hicks and White for short but critical parts of the 1st and 2nd half. The only way Louisville gets an NCAA bid is they fight hard to make the Big East tourney and then make it to the Big East final (like West Virginia did last year). Even if they don't win the conference tourney, if the final is close, they will get the benefit of the doubt since Big East is tough this year and the brand names of Pitino and Louisville are good for the tourney.

Don't forget Duke-Carolina on ESPN tonight (Tuesday 9pET/6pPT)!