First games out of the gates are always an adrenaline rush. Bobby Knight, Rick Pitino, and Gary Williams. All with titles. Nice. Three pretty good games too. Davidson is one of my deep sleepers.
THURSDAY GAMES
12:20 PM ET No. 13 Davidson at No. 4 Maryland
12:25 PM ET No. 10 Texas Tech at No. 7 Boston College
12:40 PM ET No. 11 Stanford at No. 6 Louisville
2:40 PM ET No. 14 Oral Roberts at No. 3 Washington State
2:50 PM ET No. 12 Old Dominion at No. 5 Butler
2:55 PM ET No. 15 Belmont at No. 2 Georgetown
3:10 PM ET No. 14 Pennsylvania at No. 3 Texas A&M
5:10 PM ET No. 11 George Washington at No. 6 Vanderbilt
7:10 PM ET No. 11 Virginia Commonwealth at No. 6 Duke
7:10 PM ET No. 16 Central Connecticut State at No. 1 Ohio State
7:20 PM ET No. 9 Michigan State at No. 8 Marquette
7:25 PM ET No. 15 Weber State at No. 2 UCLA
9:40 PM ET No. 14 Wright State at No. 3 Pittsburgh
9:40 PM ET No. 16 Eastern Kentucky at No. 1 North Carolina
9:40 PM ET No. 9 Xavier at No. 8 Brigham Young
9:55 PM ET No. 10 Gonzaga at No. 7 Indiana
FRIDAY GAMES
12:15 PM ET No. 13 Albany at No. 4 Virginia
12:25 PM ET No. 10 Georgia Tech at No. 7 UNLV
12:30 PM ET No. 15 North Texas at No. 2 Memphis
2:35 PM ET No. 11 Winthrop at No. 6 Notre Dame
2:45 PM ET No. 12 Long Beach State at No. 5 Tennessee
2:55 PM ET No. 15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at No. 2 Wisconsin
3:00 PM ET No. 10 Creighton at No. 7 Nevada
5:05 PM ET No. 14 Miami (OH) at No. 3 Oregon
7:10 PM ET No. 16 TBA at No. 1 Kansas
7:10 PM ET No. 12 Illinois at No. 5 Virginia Tech
7:20 PM ET No. 9 Purdue at No. 8 Arizona
7:25 PM ET No. 13 New Mexico State at No. 4 Texas
9:40 PM ET No. 9 Villanova at No. 8 Kentucky
9:40 PM ET No. 13 Holy Cross at No. 4 Southern Illinois
9:50 PM ET No. 16 Jackson State at No. 1 Florida
9:55 PM ET No. 12 Arkansas at No. 5 USC