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NO. 2 BAYLORATNO. 3KANSAS
8 p. m. Wednesday, ESPN2: The Bears are back on track, with five consecutive victories since their first and only defeat, but the twoloss Jayhawks are coming off a monstrously impressive victory at Kentucky. This one is for first place in the Big 12.
NO. 1 GONZAGA AT BYU
10 p. m. Thursday, ESPN2: Upset alert: The Zags have dropped a game to BYU in each of the last three seasons, and even a couple of their victories against the Cougars have come by razor- thin margins. In other words, this has developed into a heck of a rivalry.
NO. 23 PURDUE AT NO. 17 MARYLAND
11 a. m. Saturday, ESPN: Hoopheads will enjoy watching Damonte Dodd and Michal Cekovsky, the Terps’ towering post defenders, tangle with Purdue giants Caleb Swanigan and Isaac Haas. There might be a collision or two.
NO. 5 ARIZONA AT NO. 13 OREGON
3 3 p. p. m. Saturday, ESPN: No one in the cou country is playing better than the Wild Wildcats, who haven’t been beaten in in n nearly two months. You’ll find plen plenty in Pac- 12 country, though, who who think the Ducks— who beat ArizonaAriz twice last season— are the mostmos complete team in the conference.
NO.NO 6. LOUISVILLE AT NO. 9 VIRGINIA
6 6 p. p. m. Monday, ESPN: Virginia earned a big road victory in the first meetingmee between these ACC contenders— a 61- 53 affair that was far moremor one- sided than that score indicates— but the Cardinals have had a a numbern of spectacular performances since then.