Man, what a great college basketball game UCLA v. Kentucky was last Saturday. Wait, you didn’t get to see it because you were watching Oklahoma State v. Oklahoma? Well certainly you got to watch the battle out west with Arizona and Gonzaga on Saturday afternoon! Oh, you didn’t see that one either because you were watching the SEC Championship game? I really shouldn’t be the one complaining, because I actually watched both basketball games while I streamed the football games on my iPad (Sweet brag about having an iPad and watching sports on it, bro). I’m not complaining for me, I’m complaining for the common sports fan, because I care about you guys!
I think everyone knows by now that college football runs the show when it comes to college sports, and it’s not even close. So why did they decide to schedule these great college basketball games on the day conference football championships are decided? Adolph Rupp and John Wooden are probably rolling over in their graves right now! Why didn’t they wait until this Saturday when there is only one college football game on all day? I figured the college basketball slate must be so jam packed this weekend that they couldn’t fit those two games in so they had to have them last weekend. False. Take a look at this Saturday’s matchups and find me ONE GAME better than the two played last Saturday. There are only 2 games in which both teams are ranked in the top 25. Honestly, there’s not really a game in that whole schedule that I really want to watch other than Nebraska @ Kansas and that could very well be a blood bath.
Look, I know that scheduling is a really hard thing to do, especially non-conference games, but you can’t give me a good enough reason as to why they played those games on CFB Conference Championship Saturday rather than Army v. Navy Saturday. I, like many other sports fans love college football and college basketball, don’t put us in a position where we have to choose between the two! College basketball schedulers, next time you’re lining up a great big non-conference opponent, maybe check the football schedule and use some common sense. That’s all I ask.
I hope I’m not the only person who got upset about this last Saturday, because if I am, I just wasted 3 minutes of my readers precious time. Alright, now on to the college football pick you have all been waiting for. Army vs. Navy, it’s go time!
Bart’s Best Bets: Week 15
Army vs. Navy: Navy (-6) and UNDER 47
This line started at Navy -11 and has worked itself all the way down to -6, and I completely understand why. Temple shut down Navy last weekend and cruised to an easy double digit victory. Navy also lost their starting quarterback for the season in the process. A bad loss and a impactful injury are never great news for a team, especially going into a rivalry game like this. Another reason the public is on Army is because they are well rested. They haven’t played a football game since November 19th. I don’t think that much rest is a good thing though. I buy into the theory that too much rest can be a bad thing. I believe this is a throw out the records kind of game, just like most rivalry games are. Each team is going to triple option each other to death and I think defense controls this game for the most part. This is a complete gut call, but I like Navy to win this one 24-17. For the record, I like the under 47 much more than Navy -6.
With only one football game on Saturday, what are all you sports fans going to do? It would be an absolute fantastic day to watch UCLA and Kentucky battle it out on the hardwood. Or maybe even Gonzaga v. Arizona. Oh well, I’ll be back on Sunday with a MNF Special. Have a great weekend!
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