Upset Watch

Not saying it will happen, but Duke will have its hands full with Rhode Island today. Luckily for Coach K and company, the game's at Cameron.

Li'l Rhody can fill it up, though. The Rams will either shrink against a very good team with a very hostile home crowd, or stand tall and make it a ball game.

--Oh, and as of right now, Western Michigan is losing to Southern Illinois ... Edwardsville. Yikes.

--A good game will quietly take place in Omaha today: New Mexico-Creighton. Creighton is the Missouri Valley favorites. Steve Alford has a decent team out west that has a rough road ahead of it in the Mountain West, but should at least be competitive.

--Also, a few other good games on Sunday: Bradley-Florida, VMI-Virginia, Temple-Clemson, UW-Milwaukee-Iowa State.

Rainy Saturday Quick Hits

That man up top -- the Godfather of Basketball, Rick Pitino -- is not walking through that door in Lexington. (He's walking through another door a few hours away, actually, coaching a team that', dare I say, good.) And you have to wonder if anyone in Kentucky basketball world is wishing Rick was ambling into Rupp Arena, because the Wildcats got off to another terrible start, this time losing to VMI, 111-103.

Not even kidding. VMI.

-- Does this really surprise you? Have you seen Nick Calathes? Plus, he plays for Florida, so it figures.

-- UNC topped Penn, 86-71, today. I know you were holding your breath.

-- Really? Davidson dropped 107 points?

-- Pitt took care of business, so did UConn, Texas, Purdue, Oklahoma and Arizona State. Buzz Williams is 1-0 at Marquette. Florida, Wake and 'Nova got off on the right track, too.

-- Just wondering: Is VMI a bubble team now? Kentucky certainly is.