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Thursday’s slate and what to watch

If I could pick one rivalry game to watch, it might be the Crosstown Shootout.

Might be. Sure, Duke-Carolina, Kansas-Missouri and Kentucky-Louisville – among others – would need to be considered, but the annual Cincinnati-Xavier game is one of the most intense, entertaining and best rivalries going. It may not always be pretty basketball, but it’s always memorable.

In fact, it’s the centerpiece of our new Blogger spotlight feature. So there’s that. And it’s the one must-see game for Thursday night. So there’s that. As for the rest, keep reading.
Northwestern at Illinois, 9 p.m. (ESPN2): Once again, the Wildcats have another game capable of boosting their NCAA tournament résumé. Bad news. The Illini don’t lose at home. Not when Demetri McCamey’s playing like this.

California at Arizona, 10:30 p.m.(FOX Sports Net): After the debacle at Oregon State, the Wildcats can’t afford to drop one here. They catch a break with the Bears losing freshman guard Gary Franklin. He was a ballhog, but he could shoot.

Montana at Northern Colorado, 9:05 p.m.: The Grizzlies are the class of the Big Sky, having already beaten Northern Arizona at home. Until the return trip to Flagstaff, this is their toughest league game.

College of Charleston at Furman, 7 p.m.: If Furman can’t hold court, it takes a step back in .

(All times ET)

EAST
Long Island U. at Bryant, 7 p.m.
St. Francis, NY at Cent. Connecticut St., 7 p.m.
Sacred Heart at Fairleigh Dickinson, 7 p.m.
Quinnipiac at Monmouth, N.J., 7 p.m.
St. Francis, Pa. at Mount St. Mary’s, Md., 7 p.m.
Albany, N.Y. at Vermont, 7 p.m.
Robert Morris at Wagner, 7 p.m.

SOUTH
Coll. of Charleston at Furman, 4 p.m.
Arkansas St. at Fla. International, 7 p.m.
South Alabama at Florida Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Liberty, 7 p.m.
South Dakota at Longwood, 7 p.m.
Gardner-Webb at Presbyterian, 7 p.m.
Villanova at South Florida, 7 p.m.
Samford at UNC Greensboro, 7 p.m.
Coastal Carolina at VMI, 7 p.m.
UNC Asheville at Winthrop, 7 p.m.
The Citadel at Wofford, 7 p.m.
Jacksonville St. at E. Kentucky, 7:30 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Morehead St., 7:45 p.m.
Fresno St. at Louisiana Tech, 8 p.m.
Denver at W. Kentucky, 8 p.m.
Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette, 8:05 p.m.
Jackson St. at Alabama A&M, 8:30 p.m.
Tennessee St. at Murray St., 8:30 p.m.
Prairie View at Southern U., 8:30 p.m.
Grambling St. at Alabama St., 9 p.m.
Texas Southern at Alcorn St., 9 p.m.

MIDWEST
Xavier at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
W. Illinois at IPFW, 7 p.m.
IUPUI at Oakland, Mich., 7:30 p.m.
Wright St. at Ill.-Chicago, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Loyola of Chicago, 8 p.m.
Oral Roberts at N. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
Centenary at S. Dakota St., 8 p.m.
Northwestern at Illinois, 9 p.m.

FAR WEST
Stanford at Arizona St., 8:30 p.m.
Oregon at Washington, 8:30 p.m.
Idaho St. at N. Arizona, 8:35 p.m.
Saint Mary’s, Calif. at Loyola Marymount, 9 p.m.
Montana at N. Colorado, 9:05 p.m.
Cal Poly at Pacific, 10 p.m.
San Diego at Pepperdine, 10 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara at UC Davis, 10 p.m.
Oregon St. at Washington St., 10 p.m.
Montana St. at Sacramento St., 10:05 p.m.
E. Washington at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
California at Arizona, 10:30 p.m.
Boise St. at San Jose St., 10:30 p.m.
Idaho at Hawaii, 12:30 a.m.

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