It’s that time of year again, where every game is rife with implications regarding the final layout of the bracket when Selection Sunday rolls around. Most teams with legitimate at-large hopes play in major conferences, so starting this on a dang Friday the week before major conference tournaments start isn’t likely to lead to a full slate of bubble games.
Michigan v. Nebraska, 2:25pm, Big Ten Network (Big Ten conference tournament)
Aside from the never-ending font of hilarity that is the fact that the Big Ten tournament began in February and will be over two weeks before the NCAA tournament begins, this is actually a pretty big game.