College basketball gets ready for another weekend of conference play with marquee matchups Saturday including a showdown between two of the top programs from the Mountain West. New Mexico will put its perfect 5-0 record against conference opponents on the line when it hosts San Diego State on CBS.
Eighteen of the top 25 programs will be in action this weekend, and the theme will be ranked teams hitting the road. Seven of the top 10 teams will be playing away from their home gym, with the top matchup being No. 5 Alabama facing No. 10 Texas A&M in College Station.
Another ranked-on-ranked matchup on the weekend slate will see No. 14 Mississippi State host No. 6 Kentucky. The Wildcats opened SEC play with a thrilling win over Florida at home before falling to Georgia in a midweek clash. Meanwhile, Mississippi State has started conference play with wins over South Carolina and Vanderbilt.
Arkansas is off to an 0-2 start under first-year coach John Calipari in conference play. The Razorbacks face No. 8 Florida at home. No. 1 Tennessee, fresh off its first loss to that same Florida team, will travel to Austin to face Texas.
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4 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free) — Arkansas opened conference play with two tough draws. The Razorbacks faced No. 1 Tennessee on the road and No. 23 Ole Miss at home. Calipari hasn’t dropped three straight SEC games since the 2020-21 season when he was the head man at Kentucky. Florida is coming off an emotional win over No. 1 Tennessee earlier this week. This seems like the perfect storm for Arkansas to pull off the home upset. Prediction: Arkansas ML
6 p.m. | ESPN, fuboTV (Try for free) — The last undefeated team in college basketball suffered its first loss earlier this week when Tennessee lost to Florida. The Volunteers opened SEC play with a blowout win over Arkansas before…
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