Viva Puerto Rico

Good Thursday morning. The Puerto Rico Tip-Off, um, tips off today. It has four games on tap, some of them decent.

Virginia Tech and Fairfield get the party started with an 11 a.m. tip. Don't worry, Hokies fans, it'll be noon in San Juan. No need to worry about an early-morning upset to wake up your club.

Then, it's Missouri-Xavier.

After that, Memphis will shoot poorly and still win by 20 against Chattanooga.

The night-capper is the best matchup of the day (at least in San Juan): No. 20 USC vs. Seton Hall. Seton Hall will be without one of its best players. On a side note, the NCAA dealt USC a big blow today.

Elsewhere
-- Don't worry, 2k Sports Classic, we ain't mad atcha. And we didn't forget your on tap, either. Tonight's games -- liiive from New York! -- are Southern Illinois-Duke and Michigan-UCLA. SIU could make it close, and John Beilein always troubles UCLA, but the top dogs should win both these games.

-- Bad news for UNC: Freshman Tyler Zeller is probably out for the year. This is why Roy Williams likes to have 10 pro prospects on his roster at a time.

-- Moose is retiring.

-- OMG.

-- Seriously, enjoy your flights. Talk about scary. "Um, sir, do you want something to drink -- uh, hold on, I'm gonna go land the plane."