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Daily Sports: SEC Semi-Finals Offer Bubble Intrigue

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The bubble has been interesting all year in SEC basketball, and it’s no different in the conference tournaments. The SEC is one of four major conferences with semifinal action going, and they continue to have the most intrigue. 10th-seeded Vanderbilt knocked off Kentucky yesterday, perhaps pushing the Wildcats into the NIT. Ole Miss beat Missouri and kept their own hopes alive. Now ABC has to be kicking itself, because instead of a Kentucky-Missouri semifinal, they can show Vandy-Ole Miss to the nation at 3 PM EST. It’s anyone’s guess whether the Rebs are in or if they need to keep advancing. There’ s no doubt about the Commodores—it’s cut down the nets Sunday or go home.

Daily Sports: A Night The NHL Deserves Center Stage

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For all the Championship Week hype going on, I would call Tuesday a pretty quiet night in sports. There are three small-conference championship games with no implications for anyone on the NCAA Tournament bubble. The power conferences start slowly with some preliminary round games in the Big East and Mountain West—if South Florida-Seton Hall or DePaul-Rutgers turn you on, then go to ESPNU for the doubleheader that starts at 7 PM ET. But what tonight’s daily sports docket really adds up to is an evening where hockey deserves to be on center stage.

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: NBA Friday, Big East Saturday & Big Ten Sunday Ahead.

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This is the last Friday night the NBA will have its usual showcase spot on the nation’s daily sports docket, at least for a few weeks. Next week there will be power conference tournaments rolling, and the March Madness takes over. But the league will go into exile with a couple good games tonight. NBA Friday leads TheSportsNotebook’s daily sports discussion, and then we look ahead into the weekend where each day might be dubbed Big East Saturday and Big Ten Sunday.

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.

TV Sports Week: Exciting Time In The Show-Me State

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If you’re an old-style college basketball fan who still clings to the illusion that regular season conference championships matter (count me among the guilty) and if you live in the state of Missouri, then this week promises its share of excitement. The week in TV sports is highlighted by big games with championship implications, with no less than four involving teams from the Show-Me State.

Super Bowl Week In TV Sports

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The week of the Harbaugh Family’s conquest of the American sports culture isn’ t limited to Sunday night’s Super Bowl in New Orleans (6:30 PM ET, CBS). Nope, before Baltimore and San Francisco tee it up, the extended family gets into the act. The sister of the Brothers Harbaugh is married to Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean, and his Hoosiers are not only in the spotlight on the weekend, but they have a Saturday night prime-time date with Michigan (9 PM ET, ESPN). You can block off about a 24-hour period where this entire extended family owns American TV sports.

The Week In Sports: College Hoops Appetizers Builds To NFL Feast

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As the week in sports begins here on Monday, we’re still looking back on what happened in the NFL playoffs last weekend and looking ahead to Championship Sunday coming back, as Super Bowl berths will be settled. But in between now and then, don’t let college basketball slip past you. There’s a series of good games with early conference championship implications. Here’s a walk through what to watch on TV this week, building to Sunday’s football finale.

The Week In Sports: Every Game You Need To Know About

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he calendar for the sports fan this week is defined by college football, with six conferences holding championship games, two more holding de facto title clashes and still two more having high-profile games with at least a share of the league title on the line. Thus, it’s the college football schedule that begins TheSportsNotebook’s look at the week in sports for November 26.