What to watch: Monday hoops on TV!

All times Pacific! Add +3 for Eastern times :-)
This is a West COAST bias blog :-)


Maui Invitational
* 11:30am Oklahoma-Memphis: New Oklahoma coach salvaged the 500-phone-call recruiting class and is facing the Calipari Tigers, who got a big boost after the commitment of Derrick Rose. Rose won't play until 2007-2008, but Jeremy Hunt is back (along with Clyde Wade). The Mercurial Tigers are back? Look for scoring machine Tre'von Willis, space-eaters Pierre Niles and Hashim Bailey along with the Laurenburg sophomores. Prediction: Memphis

* around 2pm Georgia Tech-Purdue. Thaddeus Young and Javaris Crittenton make their national debut. Purdue gets Landry and a guard back for their 5th and final season, but their strong recruiting class comes in 2007-2008. Prediction:: Georgia Tech wins in a blow-out of 20+

* 6pm DePaul-Kentucky: Judging from the earlier games this has the potential of being a slugfest. But it could also be a very entertaining game as Jerry Wainwright tries to mold his team, while Tubby tries to turn Kentucky into a single-digit loss team this season. First one to 50 wins :-) Prediction:: Kentucky

* around 8:20pm Chaminade-UCLA. Prediction:: UCLA in a slugfest



CBE/Guardians Classic Semifinals
* 4pm: Air Force - Duke, Prediction: Duke, Hope for: Air Force


Paradise Jam
* 3pm and 530pm (with a couple of late night replays): the 3rd place and 1st place games on Fox College Sports, their only original event, with Larry Conley as the expert analyst. Teams featured: Alabama (with Davidson back), Iowa, Xavier and the new Villanova team with Scottie Reynolds and Curtis Sumpter.


Other games
* 5pm San Francisco at Ohio State, on ESPN+, Full Court and CSN (Comcast Sports Net)
* 730pm Santa Clara at California on CSN


Reruns
* Early morning on Tuesday the New Mexico State-Arizona and UTSA-Gonzaga (blowout) games will be rebroadcast on Fox College Sports.