Traditionally speaking, Fridays rarely mattered in college basketball’s regular season once college football concluded (unless, of course, you’re an Ivy League graduate, in which case, I offer my congratulations).
But that’s not completely true anymore.
After WWE Smackdown moved from Fox to USA Network earlier this year, Fox executives opted to fill that Friday night hole in the schedule with college basketball. I’m not qualified enough to know whether that’s smart or dumb for the network, profitable or costly, a sign of things to come or just a temporary deal — but it’s definitely been fun for college basketball fans, who now have something relevant to turn on each Friday.
And this Friday, it’s really good.
It’s Big East-leader St. John’s a against the back-to-back national champions, the UConn Huskies, inside Harry A. Gampel Pavilion. There are only three active coaches with multiple national championships — Bill Self, Rick Pitino and Dan Hurley — and two of them (Pitino) and Hurley) will be roaming the sidelines in a high-profile game that could theoretically decide the conference title.
College basketball rankings: Red-hot St. John’s battles UConn in Big East Friday night fight
