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College basketball today: Oklahoma hosts Kansas, ACC battle with Clemson-Virginia leading Tuesday's games

Martes 23 de Enero del 2018

College basketball today: Oklahoma hosts Kansas, ACC battle with Clemson-Virginia leading Tuesday's games

Here is what you need to know in college basketball for Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Here is what you need to know in college basketball for Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Here is what you need to know in college basketball for Tuesday, Jan. 23:

Game of the night

Kansas at Oklahoma, 7 p.m, ET, ESPN: West Virginia’s loss Monday night at TCU could create even more distance between Kansas and the rest of the league. If the Sooners could knock off Kansas, there still may be hope for the others in the Big 12. To win this game, Trae Young will need help. He can’t take nearly 40 shots and he can’t turn the ball over nearly 10 times. Brady Manek has had moments where he has boarded well, so has Khadeem Lattin, but this will be all hands on deck for the Sooners. They are more than capable of knocking off Kansas. The rest of the Big 12 will be watching.

Contender/Pretender for ACC title

Clemson at Virginia, 7 p.m, ET, ACC Network: Expecting Clemson to beat Virginia in Charlottesville this season is asking a lot. But if the Tigers have visions of winning the ACC — something that wasn’t fathomable to the outside world in the preseason — they could use a road win at UVA. The Tigers are two games back of 7-0 Virginia, tied with Duke in the loss column and one game back of Louisville. Virginia will be stingy defensively and the Tigers are now without their second-leading scorer in Donte Grantham (14.2 ppg), who is done for the season after suffering a torn ACL against Notre Dame. Virginia has a daunting week, too, going to Duke Saturday.

Looking for a good showing

Providence at Villanova, 6:30 p.m., ET, FS1: The Friars have won four in a row, with wins over Xavier, Butler and Creighton — all likely NCAA tournament teams. There are ZERO expectations of a Friars’ road win against the No. 1 team in the country, but this could be as much a game where the Friars simply need to show they belong. And they should be able to do so — Providence has its mojo back at the right time in the conference season.

Don’t give up yet

Texas A&M at LSU, 9 p.m., ET, ESPNU: The Aggies have won two in a row after opening the SEC with five-straight losses. Their suspensions are over and if all is right, this team still has the talent to win the SEC tournament, the automatic qualifier and the rest of their conference games. They could lose them all, though. Nothing would surprise anyone at this point. LSU knocked off the Aggies in College Station on a Tremont Waters 3-pointer with one second left. This isn’t just about revenge, but rather the ability to create much-needed momentum.

Who desperately needs a win?

Georgia after losing three of four hosts Arkansas at 6:30 p.m., ET, SEC Network.
Kentucky after losing two in a row hosts Mississippi State at 9 p.m., ET, ESPN.

Creighton after losing two of its last three is at St. John’s at 8:30 p.m., ET, FS1
Texas Tech after losing two in a row and three of four is hosting Oklahoma State at 7 p.m., ET, ESPN News.

Andy Katz is an NCAA.com correspondent. Katz worked at ESPN for 18 years as a college basketball reporter, host and anchor. Katz has covered every Final Four since 1992, and the sport since 1986 as a freshman at Wisconsin. He is a former president of the United States Basketball Writers Association. Follow him on Twitter at @theandykatz.

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