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Daily Sports: Wall-To-Wall Basketball Begins

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If you define March Madness by college basketball being on TV all day during the week, that today is when it all kicks off. The Big East tournament tipped off the first of four games a few minutes ago, the Mountain West goes wall-to-wall, to go with the assortment of power conference preliminary rounds and small conference championships today. It’s sorting out and prioritizing the college hoops docket that will the daily sports focus of TheSportsNotebook today.

Daily Sports: Monday Night Showdown In San Antonio

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Its conference tournament week in college basketball and five championship games are on tap tonight, including one involving #1-ranked Gonzaga. But unless you’re a fan of one of the small-conference teams playing for their NCAA lives, the biggest action tonight is still in the NBA. The top spot in the Western Conference is on the line when Oklahoma City visits San Antonio (8:30 PM ET, NBA-TV).

Daily Sports: Big East Battle Keys Tonight’s Schedule

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The Big East basketball race is coming down to the wire. Georgetown holds a one-game lead in the loss column on Marquette and Louisville, but a difficult final push for the Hoyas starts tonight. They visit Villanova (7 PM ET, ESPN2). The Wildcats are right on the NCAA bubble and desperate for a win themselves, having just coughed up consecutive games to Seton Hall and Pitt. The argument for Villanova is built around their success against the conference’s best—the Wildcats have home scalps against Louisville, Syracuse and Marquette. If ‘Nova can add Georgetown to that list, at a time when the Hoyas are the hottest team in the country, you would think it would seal the deal for an NCAA invite.