Syracuse and North Carolina picked up easy wins against overmatched opponents. California now looks to improve on a shaky performance back on Monday against Detroit.
Syracuse-Robert Morris Headlines Second Night Of Coaches Vs. Cancer
By now, most fans -- especially those in northern cities -- are familiar with how the first three days of baseball season go. Everyone is excited when Opening Day arrives. Games are played, often in miserable weather, in front of crowds who are happy to have the national pastime back. Then the second day of the season comes, and many of those same stadiums are quiet, as MLB sticks an off day on the schedule just in case Opening Day gets scrubbed. Games then resume on day three because it evidently only rains or snows on the first two days of the baseball season.
Well, the opening three days of the college basketball season have followed a similar pattern--not because of weather, but due to a scheduling quirk. The only TV games scheduled for the first four nights of the season are from the Coaches vs. Cancer event. The event’s four host teams, California, North Carolina, Ohio State, and Syracuse, all played their season openers on Monday. The Golden Bears, Tar Heels, and Orange scheduled their second games for tonight. (The Buckeyes face James Madison tomorrow evening.) That meant Tuesday night featured an empty slate, as no other Division I schools decided to fill the gap by scheduling a non-exhibition game.
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